Bite mark analysis plays an important role in personal identifi cation in forensic odontology. They are commonly seen in violent crimes such as sexual assaults, homicides, child abuse, etc. Human bites are common on the face and are usually seen on prominent locations of the face such as the ears, nose and lips. Individual characteristics recorded in the bite marks such as fractures, rotations,...

Many researchers in the field of forensic odontology have questioned the error estimates stated in Gustafson's paper outlining the relationship between certain dental attributes and age. In a substantial re-working of Gustafson's data, Maples and Rice corrected Gustafson's regression statistics and found that the error associated with the age estimate was nearly double that claimed by Gustafson...

Diego Garcia Diniz1* and Jessica Daniela Pacheco Flumignan Diniz2 1Preventive and Social Odontology, Araçatuba Dental School, São Paulo State University, UNESP, Brazil 2Education in Health Professions, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, PUCSP, Brazil *Corresponding author: Diego Garcia Diniz, Preventive and Social Odontology, Araçatuba Dental School, São Paulo State University, UNESP,...

Speech is imperative for human communication. Therefore, phonetics must be considered , along with mechanics and esthetics as the integral factors in contributing to the success of a dental prothesis . Palatal rugae contours have a very important role in phonetics, by production of linguopalatal sounds that involves the contact between tongue and palate. By customizing palatal contours of a max...

BACKGROUND The 1998 terrorist bombing of the US-Embassy in Nairobi resulted in the highest number of civilian deaths ever recorded from a single urban terrorist bombing in global history. OBJECTIVE To present forensic findings from the Nairobi terrorist bombing and discuss some contributory factors to the high-fatality witnessed. DESIGN Desriptive retrospective study. SETTING Office of th...

Forensic identification using odontology is based on the comparison of ante-mortem and post mortem dental records. The insertion of a radio frequency identification (RFId) tag into dentures could be used as an aid to identify decomposed bodies, by storing personal identification data in a small transponder that can be radio-transmitted to a reader connected to a computer. A small passive, 12 x ...