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Digital dental radiographic identification in the pediatric, mixed and permanent dentitions.
J Forensic Sci. 1999 Sep; 44(5):910-6.JF

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the utility of digital dental radiographic superimposition in the various stages of development of the human dentition. Digital, computer assisted dental identification is a means of identification which allows the spatial relationships of the root and support structures of the teeth to be compared one to the other. The technique has not been tested in patients with developing dentitions. Dental radiographs from patients in the pediatric, mixed and permanent dentition stages of development, simulating "antemortem" and "postmortem" radiographs, were digitized using a flat field radiograph scanner. Anatomic features were used as points of comparison utilizing image editing software whereby anatomic sections were digitally cut from the antemortem image and compared to the same anatomic locations on the postmortem image to assess for points of concordance. The technique was applied to 25 cases within the primary dentition, 25 cases within the mixed dentition and 25 cases within the permanent dentition. Results showed that this was a viable technique within both the pediatric and permanent dentition although it was of little value within the mixed dentition.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Wood RE
Bureau of Legal Dentistry, Vancouver, British Columbia. rwood@cgo.wave.ca
Kirk NJ
No affiliation info available
Sweet DJ
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultChildDentition, MixedDentition, PermanentForensic DentistryHumansRadiography, Dental, DigitalSensitivity and SpecificityTime FactorsTooth, Deciduous

Pub Type(s)

Comparative Study
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

10486940

Citation

Wood, R E., et al. "Digital Dental Radiographic Identification in the Pediatric, Mixed and Permanent Dentitions." Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol. 44, no. 5, 1999, pp. 910-6.
Wood RE, Kirk NJ, Sweet DJ. Digital dental radiographic identification in the pediatric, mixed and permanent dentitions. J Forensic Sci. 1999;44(5):910-6.
Wood, R. E., Kirk, N. J., & Sweet, D. J. (1999). Digital dental radiographic identification in the pediatric, mixed and permanent dentitions. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 44(5), 910-6.
Wood RE, Kirk NJ, Sweet DJ. Digital Dental Radiographic Identification in the Pediatric, Mixed and Permanent Dentitions. J Forensic Sci. 1999;44(5):910-6. PubMed PMID: 10486940.
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