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- Title
Técnicas, etiquetas y dispositivos de marcaje de prótesis dentales empleados en odontología forense como medio de identificación. Revisión sistemática de la literatura.
- Authors
Medina, Sebastián; Vallejo, Diego; Moreno Gómez, Freddy
- Abstract
Background: As a result of the multiple manifestations of violence, dental forensic identification can be difficult to conduct due to the state of a body or human remains, caused by damage of soft tissues, removal of fingerprints, and tooth decay. There is also the possibility that the individuals are edentulous and wear dentures, which can be an obstacle. However, this condition can be solved by using effective denture labeling recognition methods for identification. Aim: To describe techniques, tags, and tagging devices of dentures and analyze their usefulness for dental forensic identification processes and medical-legal documentation in edentulous individuals who were rehabilitated with dentures. Methods: A systematic literature review was performed through PubMed of publications describing a technique, label, or marking device used as a means of identification within the dental forensic context. Results: 53 publications describing techniques, labels, or marking devices of dental prostheses, which have been introduced since 1958, were obtained. Conclusions: The marking of dentures provides ante-mortem information to guide the identification of individuals and/or their human remains. However, a protocol must implement to standardize these techniques, labels, and devices according to the criteria of permanence, immutability, cost, readability, biocompatibility, and acceptance.
- Publication
Universitas Odontológica, 2014, Vol 33, Issue 71, p121
- ISSN
0120-4319
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11144/Javeriana.uo33-71.tedm