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.

Forensic odontologists play an important role locally and nationally in assisting in the identification of the victims of mass fatality incidents, whether natural or human-made. With the recent passage of legislation by Congress identifying dentists as a first-responder resource, knowledge of their expanding role in disaster response is particularly important. The purpose of this article is to ...

OBJECTIVE The present review article is aimed at describing the radiological methods utilized for human age identification. METHODS The application and importance of radiological methods in human age assessment was discussed through the literature survey. RESULTS Following a literature search, 46 articles were included in the study and the relevant information is depicted in the article. De...

In last few years, DNA analysis methods are applied to forensic cases. Forensic dental record comparison has been used for human identification in cases where destruction of bodily tissues or prolonged exposure to the environment has made other means of identification impractical, i.e., after fire exposure or mass disaster.Teeth play an important role in identification and criminology, due to t...

Forensic odontology is the subdiscipline of dentistry which analyses dental evidence in the interest of justice. Oral pathology is the subdiscipline of dentistry that deals with the pathology affecting the oral and maxillofacial regions. This subdiscipline is utilized for identification through oral and maxillofacial pathologies with associated syndromes, enamel rod patterns, sex determination ...