FORENSIC APPLICATION OF DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY

When a body is not able to be identified (for example, because of advanced decomposition or comingling of remains following a mass fatality incident) a range of diagnostic investigations, including dental radiography, fingerprinting and DNA sampling are available to provide a confirmatory identifica...

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Published inImaging & Therapy Practice p. 15
Main Authors Faircloth, Emily, Doyle, Edel
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canterbury Society & College of Radiographers 01.01.2015
Subjects
Age
Dentistry
Dentists
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Disasters
DNA
Forensic odontology
Odontology
Radiography
Teeth
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Summary:When a body is not able to be identified (for example, because of advanced decomposition or comingling of remains following a mass fatality incident) a range of diagnostic investigations, including dental radiography, fingerprinting and DNA sampling are available to provide a confirmatory identification through scientific means. Standard operating techniques included in the international police co-operation (Interpol 2009) protocol for disaster victim identification includes intraoral radiography to complement the odontological examination10.The process is more straightforward when ante mortem radiographs are available at the time of the post mortem dental examination.
ISSN:2052-0727