Teeth can be used as a weapon of attack or defense. Dentistry has much to offer to law enforcement agencies in the uncovering and solution of crime. The permanent teeth develop throughout the first two decades of life, and physiologic variations, pathologies, and effects of dental therapy may be recorded in the hard tissues of the remaining dentition throughout life and beyond. It is the role o...

Note: This editorial is being published simultaneously in the Indian Heart Journal, Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, Indian Journal of Pharmacology, Indian Journal of Physiology and Ph...

1Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis, Institute of Science and Technology, São Paulo State University (Unesp), São José dos Campos, São Paulo 12245-000, Brazil. 2University Braz Cubas, Mogi das Cruzes 08773-380, Brazil. 3Universidade Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes 08780-911, Brazil. 4Human Anatomy and Embriology Area, Functional Biology and Health Sciences Department, University of V...

Forensic dentistry involves the identi'cation of people based on their dental records, mainly available as radiograph images. Our goal is to automate this process using image processing and pattern recognition techniques. Given a postmortem radiograph, we search a database of antemortem radiographs in order to retrieve the closest match with respect to some salient features. In this paper, we u...

Background: Pulp stones are calcification in the dental pulp which can be present either in deciduous or permanent teeth. Exact causes of pulp stones are not known and several elements have been associated. It can be seen in healthy, diseased or as a part of various syndromes. Frequency of pulp stones fluctuated from 8 to 95% depending on the population studied. Our study is an attempt to know ...

Forensic Odontology is a branch of Dentistry that works with the Law in assisting Justice and the professional involved in this specialty helping the identification of human remains, in various situations – charred corpses, cadavers and unidentified bodies. The aim of this paper was to list and analyze the number and types of teeth present in cadavers submitted to the Forensic Anthropology Lab ...

AIMS To determine the self-assessed continuing professional development (CPD) needs of dental practitioners and identify how each discipline can best be served by a dental CPD programme. To set findings in the context of the available literature and contribute to the development of CPD programmes. METHOD Topics were arranged into eight disciplines: practice management; paediatric dentistry; p...

Aims: To visualize the surface irregularities and changes after heat treatment on prosthesis. This was done by Scanning Electron Microscopy. Material Methods: Eight prosthesis were prepared with modification fitting surfaces. The occlusal of tooth to receive modified engraved initials in form identification features. These treated under furnace at temperatures 500°C, 1000°C 1500°C which scannin...

Our study's objective was to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and understanding of forensic odontology in undergraduate postgraduate students Uttarakhand. This is a cross-sectional institution-based study conducted among total 465 dental state These included 428 37 post graduate students. Males 94 (20.2%) females 371 (79.8%) aged between 18 40 years were included. A statistically significant ...