Human identification using dental techniques: A case report

Med Sci Law. 2015 Apr;55(2):78-81. doi: 10.1177/0025802414531752. Epub 2014 Apr 22.

Abstract

Dental identification of skeletal remains frequently relies on data comparison. Comparative dental identification is used to establish with a high degree of certainty that the remains of a corpse and a person represented by ante-mortem dental records are the same individual. There is no minimum number of concordant points necessary to perform a positive identification; rather, each case is unique and should be treated as such. In this paper, we present a report of a case in which positive identification was made by a paramolar tubercle in both upper first deciduous molars.

Keywords: dental identification; forensic sciences; human identification; paramolar tubercle.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Age Determination by Teeth / methods*
  • Child
  • Dental Records
  • Female
  • Forensic Dentistry / methods*
  • Humans
  • Molar / abnormalities
  • Postmortem Changes
  • Tooth Eruption
  • Tooth, Deciduous