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Dental print media and their value in forensic odontology.
J Forensic Odontostomatol. 1999 Jun; 17(1):5-9.JF

Abstract

Teeth are one of the most important factors in the identification of unknown cadavers. One of the most efficient methods the police have of publicizing a case is to publish the victim's dental x-rays of treatment records in the dental print media which dentists will often recognize and thus be able to contribute to the identification. To evaluate the efficiency of this procedure, 177 cases published between 1975 and 1995 were reviewed. The results show that only 3% of the cases were identified from recognition in the dental print media. A survey of 500 dentists was carried out to gauge the efficacy of the presentation of identification cases in their dental print media. According to these results a revised method of presentation needs to be developed to improve the efficiency of this odontoforensic publicity medium. New technologies could also open new avenues for forensic identification such as digital x-raying or online data transfer. The Internet itself could be useful regarding international cooperation of forensic odontologists in the identification of unknown corpses.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Alt KW
Institute for Human Genetics and Anthropology Freiburg University, Germany. alt@uni-freiburg.de
Walz M
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Dental RecordsForensic AnthropologyForensic DentistryGermanyHumansJournalism, DentalPoliceRadiography, DentalSurveys and Questionnaires

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

10709556

Citation

Alt, K W., and M Walz. "Dental Print Media and Their Value in Forensic Odontology." The Journal of Forensic Odonto-stomatology, vol. 17, no. 1, 1999, pp. 5-9.
Alt KW, Walz M. Dental print media and their value in forensic odontology. J Forensic Odontostomatol. 1999;17(1):5-9.
Alt, K. W., & Walz, M. (1999). Dental print media and their value in forensic odontology. The Journal of Forensic Odonto-stomatology, 17(1), 5-9.
Alt KW, Walz M. Dental Print Media and Their Value in Forensic Odontology. J Forensic Odontostomatol. 1999;17(1):5-9. PubMed PMID: 10709556.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Dental print media and their value in forensic odontology. AU - Alt,K W, AU - Walz,M, PY - 2000/3/10/pubmed PY - 2000/3/25/medline PY - 2000/3/10/entrez SP - 5 EP - 9 JF - The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology JO - J Forensic Odontostomatol VL - 17 IS - 1 N2 - Teeth are one of the most important factors in the identification of unknown cadavers. One of the most efficient methods the police have of publicizing a case is to publish the victim's dental x-rays of treatment records in the dental print media which dentists will often recognize and thus be able to contribute to the identification. To evaluate the efficiency of this procedure, 177 cases published between 1975 and 1995 were reviewed. The results show that only 3% of the cases were identified from recognition in the dental print media. A survey of 500 dentists was carried out to gauge the efficacy of the presentation of identification cases in their dental print media. According to these results a revised method of presentation needs to be developed to improve the efficiency of this odontoforensic publicity medium. New technologies could also open new avenues for forensic identification such as digital x-raying or online data transfer. The Internet itself could be useful regarding international cooperation of forensic odontologists in the identification of unknown corpses. SN - 0258-414X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/10709556/Dental_print_media_and_their_value_in_forensic_odontology_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -