Identification of a charred corpse through dental records
RSBO (Impr.)
;
8(3): 345-351, Jul.-Sep. 2011. ilus, tab
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-720325
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Forensic Dentistry is an area of Dentistry related to Law. Among its goals is the execution of human identification, defined as the process of determining the person's identity. The forensic dentist uses, in this process, ante-mortem records and data for comparison with post-mortem information obtained from the examination of the body.Objective:
To describe the process of identification of a charred corpse by using dental records. Case report The human material remained from a charred corpse was sent to an anthropological and dental analysis for identification purposes. This employed the analysis of the corpse examination and odontological records.Conclusion:
The identification of the victim in this case points out to the need of an interdisciplinary work between Forensic Medicine and Dentistry in situations which other routine identification processes cannot be applied, highlighting the importance of the Forensic dentist for the final solution of the case.
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LILACS (Americas)
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
RSBO (Impr.)
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
University of Sao Paulo/BR
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