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The authors report on the contribution of odontological identification of the flight AI. IT 5148 air disaster victims, which occurred on 20th January 1992. The identification procedure was difficult due to large numbers of bodies and mutilations and required the involvement of multidisciplinary teams composed of odontologists, forensic pathologists, radiologists and biologists. The authors set up a simple, discriminant classification which was easy to handle by a multidisciplinary team. Four groups were defined according to the matching characteristics between ante and post mortem data. Perfect matching characteristics between ante and post mortem data were achieved in only 44 cases (Group A). Partial matching characteristics between ante and post mortem data were achieved in 12 cases (Group B). In 29 cases, the insufficiency or absence of odontological data (Group C and D) did not enable the victim to be identified. The results of the investigations showed that the dental examination alone enabled 17 victims to be identified and by including a morphological examination the figure reached 33. By the end of the investigations, 85 of the 87 victims were positively identified. Odontological identification is an essential, accurate and rapid method with allows a body to be identified from its dental characteristics. This anthropometrical method of identification is included with the descriptive and the biological methods. The authors present their experience in performing a formal identification of 44 victims in less than 15 days.
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Accidents, Aviation , Forensic Dentistry/methods , Odontometry/methods , Discriminant Analysis , France , Humans , Patient Care TeamABSTRACT
The authors present the medico-legal investigations and identification after the aircrash of the Airbus A320 upon the Mount Sainte-Odile (France). The identification team comprising investigators from the gendarmerie, forensic pathologists, odontologists, and scientists of the Institute from Legal Medecine rapidly retrieved and identified 85 of the 87 victims, with 17 being identified through DNA typing, three through fingerprints and the remaining through dental records and specific physical or X-ray findings. Full autopsies were performed on all fatalities to determine patterns of injury and cause of death. Results lead us to point out the importance of a multidisciplinary team of forensic practitioners especially trained for managing medico-legal investigation in mass disaster and the ability of DNA technology to solve complex identification problems.
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Accidents, Aviation , Forensic Medicine/methods , DNA Fingerprinting , Disasters , Female , France , Humans , Male , Wounds and Injuries/classification , Wounds and Injuries/pathologyABSTRACT
"Electromyographic biofeedback", or biological retroaction, used as a training process, concerns numerous medical specialties, and in a wider sense, to dentistry. Based on several studies, this article explains the various indications of this method in our discipline, stressing particularly the effect of electromyographic biofeedback in the treatment of cranio-mandibular disorders, emphasizing the different modes of application (in-patient or ambulatory). Acting at two levels, stress reduction and inducing relaxation of contracted muscles, electromyographic biofeedback occupies an excellent place in everyday practice. Finally, considering the results of their own study, of the particular type of relation instituted by the treatment and its role in the care and monitoring of the patient, the authors emphasize a major indication: the treatment of cranio-mandibular disorders of non-organic origin.