Citation

Jayakrishnan JM, Reddy J, Vinod Kumar RB. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 2021; 25(3): 543-547.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021)

DOI

10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_81_21

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Forensic odontology and anthropology play an important role in the identification of humans/victims in mass disasters (accidents and earthquakes) and criminal cases (homicide, rape and suicide) even if less available human remains or samples. Forensic also helps in the identification of age, sex, stature estimation and race identification using photographs, bite marks, lip prints, palatal rugae, radiographs and dental DNA identification if antemortem records are available. Here, we review the available methods of human identification. Cone-beam computed tomography of the skull showed superiority in comparison of both facial skeletal and soft tissue to examine the teeth, occlusion, palatal rugae, soft tissue thickness and other unique features. © 2022 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Published by Wolters Kluwer-Medknow.

Language: en

Keywords

Anthropology; Forensic; Identification; Human remains; Cone-beam computed tomography