The application of CamScan 2 in forensic dentistry.

Tatjana Dostalova, Hana Eliasova, Michaela Seydlova, Jaroslav Broucek, Lenka Vavrickova

Department of Paediatric Stomatology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Faculty Hospital in Motol, V Uvalu 84, 150 06 Prague 5, Czech Republic. tatjana.dostalova@fnmotol.cz

Journal of forensic and legal medicine 2012 Oct

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Forensic dentistry plays a major role in body identification. The dental examination is very accurate and also, nowadays, in the time of a comprehensive fingerprint and DNA assessment, objectively supported. The identification, which is based on the dental documentation, leads up to 43-89% of a successful process. The purpose of the study is to describe the techniques employed by forensic odontology to identify human remains and also to provide details of some of the novel developments within this area. Comparative methods of dental identification of the unknown subject with pre-mortem clinical records, X-ray images, implant presence, superimposition and DNA analysis confirm the identity of the individual. It was shown that dental identification of a person is based on unique individual characteristics of the dentition and dental restorations, relative resistance of the mineralised dental tissues and dental restorations to changes resulting from decomposition and harsh environmental extremes such as conditions of temperature and violent physical forces. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.

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Tatjana Dostalova, Hana Eliasova, Michaela Seydlova, Jaroslav Broucek, Lenka Vavrickova. The application of CamScan 2 in forensic dentistry. Journal of forensic and legal medicine. 2012 Oct;19(7):373-80