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Forensic odontology applies dental principles to legal issues that analyses dental evidence for human identification. They can aid in identifying the person by using previous dental records and present dental findings. For personal identification Denture labelling has been a useful aid in the identification of the Victims of fatal disasters, misplaced dentures in hospitals, nursing homes, and institutions,The pattern of palatal rugae is considered unique to an individual and can be used as reliable method in postmortem cases. Even if the individual’s previous records are not available, dentists can identify the sex and age by using the current postmortem findings. Age estimation is done by Classical radiographic findings such as tooth restorations, Root Canal Treatment, bases under restorations, tooth and root morphology, the shape of various sinuses and jawbone patterns, TMJ and Histologically by cemental lines,noenatal line and quantification of aspartic acid for a positive identification.Measuring maxillary canine arch width and mandibular crown arch of mandibular canine.Sex determination using DNA in dental calculus will be quite useful for forensic application.Oral pathologist and Pedodontist helps physician to evaluate the bite marks due to abuse.Dental professionals have a major role to play in keeping accurate dental records and providing all necessary information so that legal authorities may recognize malpractice, negligence, fraud or abuse, and identify unknown humans.
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forensic , odontology
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"ROLE OF DENTIST IN FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.6, Issue 10, page no.61 - 79, October-2021, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2110010.pdf
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Published Paper ID: IJSDR2110010
Registration ID:193615
Published In: Volume 6 Issue 10, October-2021
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Page No: 61 - 79
Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org
ISSN Number: 2455-2631
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