The use of human teeth in identification: epidemiological data from an anthropology lab in Brazil

Francisco, R; Villalobos, Maria Isabel de Oliveira e Britto; Ortiz, Adrielly Garcia; Biazevic, María Gabriela Haye; Guimarães, Marco Aurélio; Silva, Ricardo Henrique Alves da

doi:10.14393/bj-v32n2a2016-30195

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“…It is worth noting that unknown bodies are not necessarily individuals living in precarious situations. They are, rather, all those who enter the institute without documentation and for whom no name could be identified . It was decided not to evaluate the reports of burned bodies or skeletal remains, since it would not be possible to evaluate orofacial injuries.…”

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Prevalence of traumatic orofacial and dental injury in unidentified bodies—Data from a forensic medicine institute in Brazil

Villalobos

Santos

Horta

et al. 2019

Dental Traumatology

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Background/Aim Orofacial trauma and traumatic dental injuries (TDI) are serious public health problems due to their high prevalence, severe morbidity, high costs of treatment, and long‐term sequelae. However, the extent of the problem may be underestimated since trauma analysis, from a forensic odontology perspective, is not widely represented in the scientific literature. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of traumatic orofacial injuries (TOI) and TDI in unidentified bodies and their association with the cause of death. Materials and methods A retrospective analysis was conducted of dental and autopsy reports of unidentified bodies admitted to the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Belo Horizonte (IFM‐BH), Brazil, between 2015 and 2016. The final sample was made up of 536 bodies. Demographic data, the location where the body was found, cause of death, and the presence and type of orofacial trauma were collected. Results The mean of the estimated age of the bodies was 38 years and the median was 35 years. Most of the bodies were from males (87.5%) and were found downtown in the city of Belo Horizonte (60.4%). Violence was the most common cause of death (64%), generally by gunshot (48.7%). Bodies with an estimated age ≤35 years were eight times more likely to have died from violent causes. TOI was registered in 50.9% of the reports. TDI was observed in 10.8% of the bodies. Victims of violent death were seven times more likely to present TOI. Such association was not observed when the presence of TDI was considered. Conclusions There is a positive association between TOI and violent death in unidentified bodies.

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Prevalence of traumatic orofacial and dental injury in unidentified bodies—Data from a forensic medicine institute in Brazil

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Horta

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“…While in one hand the PM data is potentially obtained through a large variety of possibilities during the cadaveric examination (FRANCISCO et al, 2016), the acquisition of AM data, on the other hand, is limited to the existing dental or social records (MIRANDA et al, 2016;SILVA et al 2015a).…”

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Forensic importance of intraoral photographs for human identification in dental autopsies – a case report

Silva¹,

Felter²,

Tolentino³

et al. 2017

Biosci. J.

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Human identification may be achieved through fingerprint, teeth and DNA analyses. In these approaches, identification is given comparatively -between antemortem (AM) and postmortem (PM) data. Intraoral photographs, commonly used in Orthodontics, represent a source of dental identifiers in Forensic Dentistry. The present study aims to report a case of human identification founded on the analysis of intraoral photographs. An unknown human body was referred for cadaveric examination, which revealed all the permanent teeth fully erupted in the oral cavity. Among the distinctive dental traits, occlusal amalgam restorations were observed in the mandibular first molars, as well fixed orthodontic appliances with bands in the same teeth. Intraoral photographs were provided by the relatives of the potential victim. In these photographs, the same distinctive dental traits were observed leading to a positive identification without explainable discrepancies. The use of intraoral photographs for forensic purposes must be encouraged in medicolegal institutes because these are practical, low-cost, absent of radiation and reliable tools in the human identification process.

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Macrostructure of Teeth Restored With Different Dental Materials Analyzed After Thermal Inversion

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Taddeucci

Baldissera³

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The use of human teeth in identification: epidemiological data from an anthropology lab in Brazil

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Prevalence of traumatic orofacial and dental injury in unidentified bodies—Data from a forensic medicine institute in Brazil

Prevalence of traumatic orofacial and dental injury in unidentified bodies—Data from a forensic medicine institute in Brazil

Forensic importance of intraoral photographs for human identification in dental autopsies – a case report

Macrostructure of Teeth Restored With Different Dental Materials Analyzed After Thermal Inversion

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