Open AccessEvaluation of adult dental patterns on orthopantomograms and its implication for personal identification: A retrospective observational study
Author(s) -
Sumit Bhateja,
Geetika Arora,
Ruchita Katote
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of forensic dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2137
pISSN - 0975-1475
DOI - 10.4103/0975-1475.150297
Subject(s) - dentition , maxilla , dentistry , medicine , radiography , forensic dentistry , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , observational study , identification (biology) , orthodontics , biology , radiology , pathology , zoology , botany , genus
Establishing a person's identity is a very complex process and is one of the main objectives of the forensic science also. Dental radiographs are certainly one of the most desirable pieces of antemortem evidence because of their highly objective nature as compared with other records. The aim of the present study is to establish the utility of orthopantomography for human identification.