Book Review: Forensic Dentistry

Forensic dentistry case book 1: dentures used to convict suspect.

An elderly woman was brutally murdered while visiting her deceased husband’s grave. At the post mortem it was noticed that her dentures were missing. It was first assumed the dentures had been lost during the violent attack. During the subsequent investigation, a set of dentures was found hanging in the room of one of the suspects. The investigating officer reported the dentures were displayed ...

Book Review: Challenges to Digital Forensic Evidence

Forensic dentistry in human identification: A review of the literature

An update is provided of the literature on the role of odontology in human identification, based on a PubMed-Medline search of the last 5 years and using the terms: "forensic dentistry" (n = 464 articles), "forensic odontology" (n = 141 articles) and "forensic dentistry identification" (n = 169 articles). Apart from these initial 774 articles, others considered to be important and which were ge...

Methods for human identification in Forensic Dentistry: A Review

The contribution of dentistry to human identification takes two main forms: the identification of human remains according to dental records existing antemortem, and a postmortem dental profiling in cases where there are no antemortem records. This review analyzed the available basic methods of human identification.

Book Review: Digital Forensic Evidence Examination (2nd ed.)