Dentistry’s Cardinal Role in Forensic Odontology

Forensic dentistry, the implementation of dentistry to juridical affairs, is a new grandeur of forensic science. Over the past two decades, there has been apprizing reconnaissance on forensic dental matters. The incarnated fact that the dental restorations and human teeth remain stable over a period of long time, even in extreme circumstances like fire, forensic odontology can play a cardinal role in the depiction of the mangled bodies. Forensic Odontology demands a multidisciplinary knowledge and approach as it incorporates most of the tributaries of dentistry. The specialty of forensic dentistry is elementally applied in radio-graphic investigation, human bite mark analysis, mass disasters and during anthropologic examination. Radiographs assist the forensic dentist in estimation of the age of obscure individual.Comparison of ante-mortem and post-mortem radiograph is one of the meticulous methods in human identification. The diversification in dental features such as morphology, angulations of tooth, degree of restoration render gratifying message and thereby comparison with ante-mortem radiographs yields authentic results (1).Certain scenarios, when the corpse is beyond recognition by objective method, the radiographs do marshal the forensic dentists in initial recognition and later can be narrowed down by scientific methods. Irrespective of the above statement; the real task is in identifying the individuals who are edentulous, where all the hard tissue information is not available to the forensic dentist's. Beneficially with the study of bone tra-beculations recorded within ante-mortem and post-mortem radiographs, the identification of edentulous victims is workable (1). Violent crimes are often cerebrated with human bite marks. Bite marks acquired is mostly from cases of sexual violence and child abuse. Anterior dentition and the premolars are the substrata factors in eventuating bite marks. Redundant erudi-tion can be anticipated if the suspect has dentures and crowns. These blemish marks can crop up on both the alleged and the martyr. The vetting of bite marks, demand an instantaneous retroaction by the forensic dentist. The dialectics behind it is due to the amendments encountered in bite marks through straining. Identification of human bite mark involves precise photography, swabbing of the injured site, followed by registration of sus-pects' tooth (2).Suspect's dentition is registered by means of impression and subsequent stone model of the tooth. Corroboration of the bite mark can be perceived when the above steps are performed squarely. Nevertheless with the advanced and enriched approaches like DNA analysis, the bite mark examination can further strengthen its plausible foundation. Depiction of deceased individuals …