For many forensic dentists the identification of found human remains will comprise most of their case work. However, there is rarely a typical dental identification. The resilience of teeth and their supporting tissues to peri‐ and postmortem assaults provides a wealth of information for those interested in the identity of the deceased. Chemical attack, burning, burial, submersion, and even severe head and neck trauma are all withstood by the dentition to an extent that may make identification possible. The lack of a tentative identification or failure to locate dental or similar antemortem records is a more common reason for an odontological investigation to fail. Herein, the techniques employed by forensic dentists to identify human remains and some recent developments in this area are described. The processes of aging, facial reconstruction, and superimposition are described as the use of dental profiling.