Open AccessRole of dental pulp in identification of the deceased individual by establishing ABO blood grouping and Rhesus factor
Author(s) -
Nalini Aswath,
SC Selvamuthukumar,
B Karthika
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.111268
Subject(s) - abo blood group system , blood grouping , pulp (tooth) , forensic odontology , dentistry , medicine , blood typing , agglutination (biology) , finger print , immunology , antigen , artificial intelligence , computer science
The study was conducted to emphasize the sensitivity and specificity of dental pulp in identifying the ABO Blood group, Rhesus factor and also to emphasize the role of dental pulp in forensic odontology to identify the deceased individual.