Forensic Dentistry
Introduction
•Violence and crimes against human life, such as bomb explosions, wars or plane crashes, as well as cases of carbonized bodies or in advanced stage of decomposition among other circumstances, highlight the need to employ ever faster and more accurate methods during the process of identification of victims.
Definitions
Forensic Medicine A branch of medicine that applies the principles and knowledge of the medical and related science to problems that concern the general public and issues of the law
Forensic Dentistry It is branch of dentistry which deals with the proper handling and examination of dental evidence ,and with proper evaluation and presentation of dental evidence in criminal or civil legal proceeding in the interest of justice
Forensic odontology investigate into:
• Identifying unknown human remains • Victim’s identification in mass disaster for example in fires. • Electing the picture of life style and diet of skeletal remains at forensic Site • Assessing sex of skeletal remains • Age estimation of both living and deceased • Analysis and identification of bite marks at crime scenes • Person who have deceased for some time prior to discovery
Forensics dentistry can use dental records for : Identification of found human remains by using dental records The principle of dental identification is that postmortem dental remains can be compared with ante mortem dental records, including
Written notes ?Study Casts ?Radiographs ?Photographs etc.to confirm identity
Limitations: There are two types of discrepancy ,those that can be explained and that cannot. • Explainable discrepancies normally relate to the time elapsed between the ante mortem and postmortem. Example include teeth extracted or restorations placed were found in postmortem records only.
• If a discrepancy is unexplainable ,for example a tooth is not preset on the ante mortem record but is present on the postmortem record then an exclusion must be made
If there is no ante- mortem dental records, a post-mortem dental profile will typically provide information on the victim’s. 1.Age: • In children the patterns of tooth eruption, the root length ,tooth wear were assessed. • In young adults :the third molar development • In middle age and older adult : Periodontal disease progression, excessive wear, multiple restoration, extraction, bone pathosis and complex restorative work were assessed. Recently ,dentine composition and cementum deposition were examined to age relation
2.Race can be assessed from skull shape and form. Additional characteristic ,such as shovel
المادة المعروضة اعلاه هي مدخل الى المحاضرة المرفوعة بواسطة استاذ(ة) المادة . وقد تبدو لك غير متكاملة . حيث يضع استاذ المادة في بعض الاحيان فقط الجزء الاول من المحاضرة من اجل الاطلاع على ما ستقوم بتحميله لاحقا . في نظام التعليم الالكتروني نوفر هذه الخدمة لكي نبقيك على اطلاع حول محتوى الملف الذي ستقوم بتحميله .
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