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Role of forensic odontology and anthropology in the identification of human remains

Forensic odontology and anthropology play an important role in the identification of humans/victims in mass disasters (accidents and earthquakes) and criminal cases (homicide, rape and suicide) even if less available human remains or samples. Forensic also helps in the identification of age, sex, st...

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Autores principales: Jayakrishnan, Jijin Mekkadath, Reddy, Jagat, Vinod Kumar, R B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8859612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35281159
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_81_21
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description Forensic odontology and anthropology play an important role in the identification of humans/victims in mass disasters (accidents and earthquakes) and criminal cases (homicide, rape and suicide) even if less available human remains or samples. Forensic also helps in the identification of age, sex, stature estimation and race identification using photographs, bite marks, lip prints, palatal rugae, radiographs and dental DNA identification if antemortem records are available. Here, we review the available methods of human identification. Cone-beam computed tomography of the skull showed superiority in comparison of both facial skeletal and soft tissue to examine the teeth, occlusion, palatal rugae, soft tissue thickness and other unique features.
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spelling pubmed-88596122022-03-10 Role of forensic odontology and anthropology in the identification of human remains Jayakrishnan, Jijin Mekkadath Reddy, Jagat Vinod Kumar, R B J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Review Article Forensic odontology and anthropology play an important role in the identification of humans/victims in mass disasters (accidents and earthquakes) and criminal cases (homicide, rape and suicide) even if less available human remains or samples. Forensic also helps in the identification of age, sex, stature estimation and race identification using photographs, bite marks, lip prints, palatal rugae, radiographs and dental DNA identification if antemortem records are available. Here, we review the available methods of human identification. Cone-beam computed tomography of the skull showed superiority in comparison of both facial skeletal and soft tissue to examine the teeth, occlusion, palatal rugae, soft tissue thickness and other unique features. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2021 2022-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8859612/ /pubmed/35281159 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_81_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Role of forensic odontology and anthropology in the identification of human remains
title_sort role of forensic odontology and anthropology in the identification of human remains
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8859612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35281159
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_81_21
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