Forensic dentistry: A Pedodontist’s perspective

Forensic dentistry delineates the overlap between the dental and the legal professions. Forensic identifi cations by their nature are multidisciplinary team eff orts. Odontologists can examine the structure of the teeth and jaws for clues that may support anthropological age estimates. Apart from dental identifi cation, forensic odontology is also applied in the investigation of crimes caused by dentition, such as bite marks. The importance of pedodontist in forensic odontology is to apply his expertise in various fi elds like child abuse and neglect, mass disaster, accidental and non-accidental oral trauma, age determination, and dental records. The aim of this paper is to discuss about the pedodontist perspective in forensic dentistry.