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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2022; 12(01): 7-12
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731117
Review Article

Oral Cavity: A Forensic Kaleidoscope

Deepthi Darwin
1   Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS), Nitte (deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
,
Soundarya Sakthivel
1   Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS), Nitte (deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
,
Renita Lorina Castelino
1   Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS), Nitte (deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
,
Gogineni Subhas Babu
1   Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS), Nitte (deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
,
Mohamed Faizal Asan
1   Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS), Nitte (deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
,
Anand Shankar Sarkar 
1   Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS), Nitte (deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

Forensic odontology is an integral part of the multidisciplinary field of forensic sciences that requires specialized training and perceptive knowledge for its application in full potential. Forensic odontology deals with the evidence pertaining to the oral and paraoral structures. Dentists are equipped with knowledge of orofacial structures and their variations prevailing among different ancestry. By implicating the history of dental treatments to the identification process, dentists extract unique and accurate information that aids in forensic identification. Crimes such as child abuse and domestic violence are often identified by the dentists during routine dental examinations and this can be used as an evidence to discern malefactors in such cases. This article provides a collective review of applications and methods in forensic odontology that helps legal authorities in the identification of individuals.

Keywords

forensic dentistry - disaster victims - inventions - dental prosthesis - three-dimensional printing


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Article published online:
14 June 2021

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