Dental student forensic knowledge and skills

Abstract

Background: Dental forensics is an area of dental research and knowledge in which students receive limited exposure. The purpose of this research was to evaluate dental student knowledge about dental forensics and to evaluate dental student skills in comparing radiographs. Methods: Dental students (N=152) were provided 10 radiographs of extracted teeth. One of the radiographed teeth was heat-altered to 600 °C for 15 minutes. The students were asked to match the heat-altered tooth's radiograph to one of the 10 radiographs. A 10-question survey concerning dental forensics was also presented to the students. Results: There were 92.1% of dental students who were able to correctly identify a heataltered tooth's radiograph from the 10 radiographs provided. Of the 10 questions provided, 5 had a correct response rate above 70%. Conclusion: Dental students were successful in matching a dental radiograph of a heataltered tooth and its original radiograph. However, there is a need for current and emerging information about dental forensics.

Reconhecimento Humano Por Meio Da Odontologia Legal – Uma Revisão

“…Várias faculdades de odontologia, com currículos forenses em vigor (discutido por Stoeckel et al, 2007, e Hermsen e Johnson, 2012, incluíam cursos eletivos ou obrigatórios com exercícios práticos. Pesquisas futuras também são necessárias sobre a possível inclusão da perícia odontológica em nível nacional como uma competência mensurável pela American Dental Association/American Dental Hygiene Association/Comissão de Acreditação (Sivaneri et al, 2018) CONCLUSÃO A odontologia forense é um ramo dentro da odontologia como um todo e na perícia com muito espaço para desenvolvimento. Dentro da cena de crime, os odontólogos forenses possuem um papel importante na investigação e interpretação das evidências odontológicas.…”