Prosthodontic markers: Identification tools in forensic medicine

Forensic is any term related to court of jurisdiction. Forensic medicine relates the application of knowledgeof principles with practitioners of medical and para medical sciences for the purpose of administration oflaw. It includes various disciplines such as forensic toxicology, forensic engineering, forensic anthropologyand forensic odontology. Forensic dentistry includes various odontological parameters such as DNAfingerprinting, bite mark identification, rugoscopy and cheiloscopy but these markers are of little use incompletely edentulous patients. Dental records of edentulous patients are often sparse due to in frequentfollow up of the patients and lack of record keeping by the dental practitioners. Therefore, the provision ofsome form of permanent denture labeling or marking can serve as a solution to these problems.Keywords: Forensic identification, Barcode, Micro SD card, Ante mortem records.