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A Simple Denture-Marking Technique for Patients Residing at Old Age Homes

Denture marking helps to identify unknown individuals in social and forensic scenarios. This article describes a simple technique of incorporating a patient's photograph with details in the patient’s denture. The photographic marker will help in quick identification in old age homes as it is ea...

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Autores principales: Colvenkar, Shreya, Alwala, Aditya Mohan, Kunusoth, Ramesh, Sampreethi, Shalini, Devera Shetty, Shravya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9666532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36407188
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30367
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author Colvenkar, Shreya
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Sampreethi, Shalini
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description Denture marking helps to identify unknown individuals in social and forensic scenarios. This article describes a simple technique of incorporating a patient's photograph with details in the patient’s denture. The photographic marker will help in quick identification in old age homes as it is easily readable by a layperson, playing an important role in day-to-day identification. This technique can be used to label both new and existing dentures that are not marked. The simple technique will ensure positive identification of denture wearers.
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spelling pubmed-96665322022-11-17 A Simple Denture-Marking Technique for Patients Residing at Old Age Homes Colvenkar, Shreya Alwala, Aditya Mohan Kunusoth, Ramesh Sampreethi, Shalini Devera Shetty, Shravya Cureus Dentistry Denture marking helps to identify unknown individuals in social and forensic scenarios. This article describes a simple technique of incorporating a patient's photograph with details in the patient’s denture. The photographic marker will help in quick identification in old age homes as it is easily readable by a layperson, playing an important role in day-to-day identification. This technique can be used to label both new and existing dentures that are not marked. The simple technique will ensure positive identification of denture wearers. Cureus 2022-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9666532/ /pubmed/36407188 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30367 Text en Copyright © 2022, Colvenkar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A Simple Denture-Marking Technique for Patients Residing at Old Age Homes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9666532/
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