online forensic odontology references ![]()
Copyright forensic medicine resources 2007. All rights reserved. | Forensic odontology is a specialist branch of dentistry, concerned with the application of dental techniques to attempt to answer medico-legal questions, including;
identification
Mass-disasters present particular challenges for death investigators, and forensic odontologists are usually incorporated into the team of experts charged with identification of victims. Transportation incidents, such as plane crashes may be slightly more 'straight forward' in that there is usually a passenger list with which to compare identifying characteristics with; events such as the World Trade Centre attacks of September 11th 2001 represent a greater challenge, not least because of the large number of individuals involved, but also because of the inability to accurately determine who was likely to have been there at the time of the attacks. bitemarks
links guide to forensic odontology (british association for forensic odontology) forensic dentistry (wikipedia) identification guidelines (american board of forensic odontology) disaster victim identification (interpol) british association for human identification |