Authors
Suma Gummadi
Abstract
Every person has a distinct identity in life. An developing field of research with the most potential for growth is forensic odontology. Identification of dental remains, retrieval, and examination of evidence that matches with the suspects' is the most difficult aspect of forensic dentistry. The legitimacy of the evidence in forensic dentistry would be improved by an impartial comparison employing modern technologies. It has been proven to be an indispensable science in legal and medical situations involving the identification of the deceased. In cases of child abuse, domestic violence, and bite mark analysis as well as identification fixing in mass disasters, the forensic odontologist uses his or her understanding of dentistry. As a result, in recent years, forensic odontologists have been given more duties and responsibilities in a variety of medicolegal cases. The field of forensic dentistry is expanding and has a wider scope. It has established itself as a science that is essential in identifying the deceased and in medicolegal situations. Even if the deceased person is skeletonized, decomposed, burned, or dismembered, the dental tissues are frequently still there. Using dental tissues, a number of techniques have been developed to establish an individual's age, sex, and ethnicity. Forensic dental identification techniques for data collecting and supporting technologies have changed significantly. The trends that are now being used in the field of forensic odontology are summarised in this article. Keywords: Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Forensic Dentistry, Mass Disaster Medicolegal Cases, Bite Mark Analysis, Recent Advances.
Introduction
The word "forensic" comes from the Latin "forensic," which means "before the forum." The primary focus of forensic odontology is dental evidence. Teeth are the hardest portion of the human body, and each person has a unique dental pattern. When it comes to solving instances involving tooth tissues, forensic dentistry is crucial (Balachander et al., 2015).
Recent concepts in forensic dental identification-
There are many process to identify and analyse the teeth tissues like :
Facial Reconstruction- Accident victims frequently end up decomposing or becoming skeletonized. In such circumstances, the human skull and bones will endure for a long time without modification, serving as a guide for identification. We can rebuild the victim's face using that evidence.The facial reconstruction process also makes use of laser cameras and tomography scanning (Verzé & Laura, 2009).
Denature identification methods- Denature labelling is the most easiest method for identification and also can reveal the positive identification of an individual .
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