Karina Andrea Novaes Olivieri 1 Maximiliano Piero Neisser 2 Marco Antônio Bottino 2 Milton Edson Miranda 3 1PhD, Post-graduated, Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, Faculty of Odontology of São José dos Campos, UNESP, Brazil and Associated Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Odontology São Leopoldo Mandic – CampinasBrazil. 2PhD, Associated Professor, Department of...

Aim: The objective of this study was to evaluate different morphological variations coronoid, condyle and sigmoid notch using digital panoramic radiographs. Methods: comprised 409 orthopantomograms (OPG). shapes condyle, coronoid traced recorded. Both sides were data then subjected statistical analysis SPSS 21. Results: most common variation for condylar process angled, whereas it round. Wide s...

Forensic anthropology is affected by the unavoidable limits concerning difficulties in standardization of methods and procedures; age estimation is one of the main tasks of forensic anthropology and odontology, both on the dead and the living: literature has shown several methods of age estimation, and although they may be thought of as equivalent, every procedure has its limits, mean error, pr...

BACKGROUND Sex determination is one of the primary steps in forensics. Barr body can be used as a histological method for identification of sex as it is found to be specific to female somatic cells and rare in male cells. To demarcate human dental pulp as an important identification tool of sex in forensic odontology (FO) and to evaluate the time period till which sex can be determined from pul...

Objective:Age estimation is important in forensic medicine and odontology for identification of deceased victims also crimes accidents. Various methods have been constructed tested to estimate the age young individuals. Among them are physical examinations using anthropometric measurements, skeletal maturation, dental estimation, a combination development measurements tooth eruption. In cases u...