Manual of Forensic Odontology

Forensic applications: Fluorescence properties of tooth-coloured restorative materials using a fluorescence DSLR camera

“…Quick, accurate methods to detect their presence and to correctly classify their type and brand would be an asset for both routine clinical examination and forensic identification purposes [7,8].…”

Forensic age estimation in living individuals: methodological considerations in the context of medico-legal practice

“…30 Because the timing of dental development shows biological variation between individuals, precise estimations of age are not possible; accordingly, an age range with CIs is the most appropriate expression of an age estimation. 30,81 In assessing age of majority, there are typically less dental developmental markers available for analysis -a consequence of the developmental timespan of the human dentition. In the late adolescent to early adult age range, most dental age approaches involve analyzing third molar development based on the methodological approach of Demirjian et al 40 or Moorrees et al 41 There are some caveats to the use of this tooth however; the third molar has a high degree of congenital variability relating to its development, mineralization, and/or eruption, and it is also frequently impacted, and as such may also be removed as part of routine dental treatment.…”

“…This technique also assigns equal weight to each tooth in the age estimation method instead of tooth-specific standards. 81 The technique developed by Demirjian et al has also been used to develop predictive models for age estimation with promising results in (for example) an Australian (95% confidence interval [CI] ±1.80 years) 77 and a Belgian population (95% CI ±1.89 years and ±2.06 years in males and females, respectively). 80 Similarly, polynomial regression models have also been developed for a Western Australian population using the Moorrees standards, demonstrating potentially significant forensic applicability (SD ±0.998 years).…”

Positive Identification of Skeletal Remains Combining Smile Photographs and Forensic Anthropology – A Case Report

“…The medical literature describes several pathways for the registration of AM data, such as dental files, dental radiographs, computed tomography, dental casts, and smile photographs [7]. In specific, smile photographs became more common in the medico-legal institutes over the time following the current increase of digital inclusion, social networking, and virtual communication.…”

“…On the other hand, traditional dental human identifications are performed on a comparative basis, in which anatomic, therapeutic, and pathological dental identifiers found in post-mortem (PM) data are matched with dental identifiers registered ante-mortem (AM) [7]. The medical literature describes several pathways for the registration of AM data, such as dental files, dental radiographs, computed tomography, dental casts, and smile photographs [7].…”