Distinguishing trauma from heat-induced fractures is a challenge faced by forensic anthropologists and pathologists during medicolegal investigations in which fire has been used the perpetrators to destroy evidence. This paper aims validate provided identification features distinguish between induced alterations sharp force trauma. A total of 80 cremated adult individuals were this paper: 3 rec...

Abstract Purpose The aim of this systematic review was to provide a comprehensive overview micro-CT current applications in forensic pathology, anthropology, odontology, and neonatology. Methods A bibliographic research on the electronic databases Pubmed Scopus conducted time frame 01/01/2001–31/12/2021 without any language restrictions applying following free-text search strategy: “(micro-comp...

In forensic medicine, the personal identification of cadavers is one of the most important tasks. One method of estimating age at death relies on the high correlation between racemization rates in teeth and actual age, and this method has been applied successfully in forensic odontology for several years. In this study, we attempt to facilitate the analysis of racemized amino acids and examine ...

Introduction Nowadays, dental identification has become importance in forensic medicine; nevertheless, it has some limitations. There are insufficient standards for both dental documentation and electronic dental chart systems necessary for human identification. It is difficult to gather complete dental data for each individual. The huge quantity and redundancy of related documentation requires...

OBJECTIVES The mineralization of third molars has been used repeatedly as a method of forensic age estimation. However, this procedure is of little use beyond age 18, especially to determinate if an individual is older than 21 years of age; thus, the development of new approaches is essential. The visibility of the periodontal ligament has been suggested for this purpose. The aim of this work w...