American Board of Forensic Odontology Standards and Guidelines for Evaluating Bitemarks

North American Energy Standards Board

Forensic dentistry: 2. Bitemarks and bite injuries.

UNLABELLED While the practice of human identification is well established, validated and proven to be accurate, the practice of bitemark analysis is less well accepted. The principle of identifying an injury as a bitemark is complex and, depending on severity and anatomical location, highly subjective. Following the identification of an injury as a bitemark, the comparison of the pattern produc...

Phonetic Analysis in Forensic Odontology

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com considered to be ideal, when it fulfills esthetic, functional and phonetic demands. It is recommended to make speech tests after establishing occlusion for function and obtaining satisfactory esthetics in dentures [1]. A prosthetic solution should not be regarded as complete without optimal control of phonetic aspects. For this purpose, some special...

Exploring trends in forensic odontology.

BACKGROUND Forensic odontology nowadays has become a developing science and is of great importance to society. It is important that dental practitioners should have a proper knowledge of forensics as the need has increased greatly over the last decades due to the unprecedented demand from the criminal justice including terrorism in Kashmir valley (J&K India). MATERIALS AND METHODS Data was co...

Development of the Australian Society of Forensic Odontology disaster victim identification forensic odontology guide.

The need for documented procedures and protocols are important in every specialist group to ensure a consistent service to the community. They provide guidance to members of the specialist group about responsibilities and appropriate practices, and confidence to the community that the services are of the highest possible standard. In a Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) incident, by enabling ...