The Odontological Identification

Lacramioara Balan ()
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Lacramioara Balan: Lecturer PhD, "Åžtefan cel Mare" University of Suceava, Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences, Suceava, Romania

European Journal of Law and Public Administration, 2019, vol. 6, issue 1, 193-201

Abstract: Forensic Odontology is a fascinating and challenging field .Are multiple areas in which a forensic dentist can interact with police investigations. Human identification is the forensic odontologist's primary duty: Who is the victim? Forensic Odontology are the responsibility of investigating the evidence from cases involving violent crime, child abuse,elder abuse, missing persons and mass disaster scenarios and the new threats to urban centers from terrorist attacks. Dental evidence can be used to identify both the people who were present during the commission of a crime or witnesses to an accident. . use dentists to testify on dental evidence obtained from a crime scene or crime victims. Occasionally, a perpetrator of a crime leaves evidence at a scene. Bitten food, gum, or chewed objects may berecovered by law enforcement. Autopsy investigations may notice bitemarks on the skin of a deceased victim. Tooth shapes, appearances, tooth fragments,metal restorations, pieces of skulls, and jawbone fragments may possess features that can be associated with just one person. The robust identification value of DNA, obtained from the inside of teeth and oral fluids, has created an entirely new level of identification: the biomolecular identification of individuals.

Keywords: Forensic odontology; tooth; bitemarks; biomolecular identification of individuals; criminal cases. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H7 K10 K15 K33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.18662/eljpa/76

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