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- Title
"Review on Forensic Odonto-Stomatology".
- Authors
Vidya Kadashetti; Shivakumar K. M.
- Abstract
Forensic Odontology has become an integral part of forensic medicine over the past decades that utilize dental tissue findings to serve the judicial system. Dental tissues remains can be used for identification as using them are cost effective, reliable and fast. Forensic odontology is a branch of dentistry that analyzes dental evidence to overlap the dental and legal profession. The tooth has been used as weapons and under certain circumstances, may leave information about the identity of the biter, age estimation and gender determination. Dentists have a major role to play in keeping accurate dental records and providing all necessary information so that legal authorities may recognize mal practice, negligence, fraud or abuse, and identity of unknown individuals. This paper will try to summarize the various roles of dental experts in forensic medicine.
- Subjects
FORENSIC dentistry; LEGAL professions; FORENSIC medicine; DENTAL records; JUSTICE administration
- Publication
Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 2021, Vol 20, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
2223-4721
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3329/bjms.v20i1.50340