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Contemporary Methods of Labeling Dental Prostheses—A Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Richmond Raymond,
Pretty Iain A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00238.x
Subject(s) - dentures , dentistry , dentition , inclusion (mineral) , strengths and weaknesses , forensic dentistry , medicine , identification (biology) , forensic odontology , psychology , biology , social psychology , botany
Forensic identification (ID) based on an assessment of the dentition is common place. However, despite an increase in the oral health of Western populations, there are still many millions of individuals who are edentulous and whom have been treated with completed dentures. In the United Kingdom alone over 300,000 patients are rendered edentulous each year. In order to facilitate the ID of such individuals a number of forensic and governmental organizations have recommended that dentures be labeled. A number of labeling systems exist which can be broadly separated into inclusion systems, marking systems, and novel methods. Each of the commonly described systems are demonstrated with an assessment of their strengths and weaknesses. It is recommended that an inclusion denture marker, preferably metallic, should be used in order to withstand the most common postmortem assaults.