The dental role in the identification of the victims of the Bradford City Football Ground fire

Ayton, F D; Hill, Callie; Parfitt, H N

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4805699

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“…The extent of fire injury to the dentition varied from essentially intact dentitions to those with severe destruction. Previous information on postmortem remains in forensic odontological studies have mainly been restricted to reporting on the fraction of severely injured bodies/dentitions [5,12,14]. We therefore introduced a classification based on the degree of dental fire injuries and using this systematic approach it appeared that approximately 75% of burn victims were categorized as having no oral injury or damage to the anterior teeth only.…”

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“…The jaws and teeth are frequently relatively well preserved as the latter is protected by the tongue, lips and cheeks [3,4]. The importance of dental evidence in the identification of b u m victims has been emphasized in a number of case reports and in papers dealing with mass disasters [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. The latter papers mainly focus on planning and organization of the identification work rather than discussing factors important for the decision-making process in the dental identification work.…”

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Odontological identification of fire victims ?potentialities and limitations

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A retrospective study was performed to analyse the power of odontological evidence in burn victims. The material comprised 292 single fire cases registered at 4 centers of forensic odontology in Scandinavia (DK: Aarhus, Copenhagen; N: Oslo; S: Goteborg) covering a 10-year period. Filed antemortem (am) and postmortem (pm) data were critically reviewed and registered. New systems for classification of the degree of injuries to the teeth and jaws and of the quality of dental records were developed. Matching dental am-pm units/features were recorded using the tooth as unit. Units were scored as either ordinary or extraordinary if the frequency of occurrence in a Danish reference population was > or = 10% or < 10%, respectively. The ID conclusion of a single case was classified into one of the categories: no conclusion, ID possible, ID probable or ID established, depending on the number of ordinary/extraordinary matching units. All age groups were represented. Most fatal burns occurred in house fires (62%) and there was a preponderance of males (71%). Detailed written records supplied by single or by systematic radiographs were available in 71% of cases. About 50% of burn victims were classified into the no-injury group and approximately 25% of cases showed injuries to the anterior teeth only. The number and complexity of dental restorations increased with age. The dental examination was a powerful tool in identification of burn victims. Thus, dental identity (ID) was established in 61% of burn victims and dental evidence assisted the identification in another 31% (ID possible 19%; ID probable 12%).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Odontological identification of fire victims ?potentialities and limitations

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“…In the last few decades, identification by dental means has been described as one of the most reliable methods for identification of victims in mass disasters [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16] and when one individual must be identified [17,18]. Visual recognition of facial features in badly burnt human victims is often impossible and identification by fingerprints may not be possible due to the degree of destruction of the bodies.…”

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The application of dental methods of identification to human burn victims in a mass disaster

Valenzuela¹,

Martín‐de‐las‐Heras²,

Marques

et al. 2000

International Journal of Legal Medicine

103

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This paper deals with the usefulness of dental identification in the case of 28 human burn victims of a bus accident in Spain. Postmortem forensic procedures for identification were used including general external examination, routine photographs and radiographs and complementary biological methods. Dental identification was also used and a description of the method is presented. Dental identification was established in 57% of the cases. When victims were less than 20 years of age, the success rate of identification by dental methods was higher (76% of victims in this age group). The assessment of dental age allowed the establishment of identity of four victims. We recommend that dental procedures be used in human identification after mass disasters. Odontological and radiographic procedures are powerful methods when dealing with burn victims.

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“…Reports and observations from mass disasters, where identification of bodies is often only possible by dental means, have previously highlighted deficient or incorrect records. 9,10 Submissions for prior approval of treatment have shown fundamental errors in, and the absence of, straightforward dental chartings. 11 An analysis of medicolegal cases involving infective endocarditis found poor quality medical histories and inadequate record keeping in many of the incidents.…”

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Quality evaluation of clinical records of a group of general dental practitioners entering a quality assurance programm

Morgan

2001

Br Dent J

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The dental role in the identification of the victims of the Bradford City Football Ground fire

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Odontological identification of fire victims ?potentialities and limitations

Odontological identification of fire victims ?potentialities and limitations

The application of dental methods of identification to human burn victims in a mass disaster

Quality evaluation of clinical records of a group of general dental practitioners entering a quality assurance programm

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