Identifying skeletal remains found in a sewer

Goodman, Norman R.; Himmelberger, Linda K.

doi:10.14219/jada.archive.2002.0081

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“…Forensic literature has several case reports of incinerated, skeletonized or decomposing remains that were identified by analysis of dental characteristics, 5,6 a technique that may be associ- ated with other human identification methods. 2 The good results obtained with the use of this technique may be assigned to the considerable resistance to fire of teeth and dental materials, 7 as well as to the information found in documents produced during dental care, such as dental charts, radiographs and photographs.…”

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Utilização de documentação ortodôntica na identificação humana

Silva

Chaves

Paranhos

et al. 2011

Dental Press J. Orthod.

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OBJETIVO: o objetivo deste trabalho é relatar um caso pericial onde um indivíduo encontrado carbonizado foi identificado utilizando-se as informações presentes na sua documentação ortodôntica. MÉTODOS: um indivíduo do sexo masculino foi encontrado carbonizado no interior de um automóvel. Após a realização dos exames periciais no local, exames necroscópicos e radiográficos no Instituto Médico-Legal, identificou-se que a vítima utilizava aparelho ortodôntico fixo, possuía dentes supranumerários nas quatro hemiarcadas, terceiros molares semi-inclusos e restaurações de amálgama em determinadas faces de diversos dentes. Como os tecidos moles do indivíduo apresentavam-se bastante destruídos, uma identificação pela análise das impressões digitais tornou-se inviável. Após a entrega da documentação ortodôntica pela família, foi feita a análise do prontuário clínico, radiografias, fotografias intra e extrabucais e modelos de gesso - confrontando-se essas informações com as obtidas anteriormente. RESULTADOS E CONCLUSÕES: o confronto odontolegal revelou 20 pontos concordantes do exame necroscópico e da documentação ortodôntica, permitindo a determinação de uma correlação positiva entre o cadáver examinado e a identidade da pessoa desaparecida, tornando-se desnecessária a realização de outros exames para a identificação da vítima (exame de DNA).

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Utilização de documentação ortodôntica na identificação humana

Silva

Chaves

Paranhos

et al. 2011

Dental Press J. Orthod.

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“…The significance of placing identification marks on dentures has long been acknowledged by the dental profession and its routine practice has been urged by forensic odontologists internationally for many years (Richmond and Pretty, 2009). Dental identification plays an important role in successfully identifying victims of mass disasters such as fire, drowning and accidents (Brannon and Morlang, 2001;Goodman and Himmelberger, 2002;Valenzuela et al, 2000). The Tsunami catastrophe of December 2004 left around 230,000 dead.…”

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Denture marking: a mandatory procedure to aid forensic identification

Mani

Nambiar

Sulaiman³

2011

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

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Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to highlight the significance of placing identification marks on dentures. Design/methodology/approach-This paper reviews the legislation with regard to denture marking in certain countries, various methods of denture marking and describes a simple, inexpensive, paper-based labelling system. Findings-Various methods have been proposed for denture marking but it is important to use a method that is simple, practical, affordable and universally acceptable. Practical implications-The identification of unknown or missing persons by means of denture marking is a very successful method of identification in forensic investigation. It is also useful for patients residing in hospitals and community homes where dentures could be misplaced, particularly during cleaning by personnel where there is a chance of loss or mix-up. The importance of denture marking should be emphasized by all lawenforcing authorities and should be promoted among all dentists, towards making it a compulsory routine dental procedure throughout the world. Originality/value-In Malaysia, denture marking, as recommended by its Ministry of Health, uses a unique coding system which can readily provide information about the wearer in whichever part of the world the person is found. The method applied is simple, practical and affordable and can easily be adapted by others. It can be of great value during times of crisis.

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“…The skull, because of its role in defining the form of the head and face, is crucial to the anthropological identification of human remains [2][3][4]. An extensive body of literature describes the various methods of facial reconstruction [5].…”

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confidence: 99%