Valenzuela Aurora, Marques Tomas, Exposito Nicomedes, Martín-De Las Heras Stella, García Gonzalo
Department of Forensic Medicine, Madrid, Spain.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2002 Dec;23(4):390-3. doi: 10.1097/00000433-200212000-00019.
This article deals with the usefulness and limitations of dental identification methods of human burn victims of two buses accidents in Spain. The first accident happened in Bailen in 1996 and involved 28 badly burned Spanish victims. In the second, in Illescas in 1997, 8 Japanese and 2 Spanish victims lost their lives. In both accidents, postmortem forensic procedures for identification were used, including external and internal examination, routine photographs, and dental examination. Dental identification was established in 57% of the cases in the Bailen accident and 80% in the Illescas accident. The success rate of dental identification varies considerably depending on the nature of the accident, the nationality and country of residence of the victims, the incidence of dental treatment, the availability of adequate dental records, and the degree of dental injuries. A discussion of procedures and methods for identification recommended when dealing with burn victims is included.
本文探讨了西班牙两起巴士事故中人类烧伤受害者牙齿鉴定方法的实用性和局限性。第一起事故于1996年发生在巴伊伦，涉及28名严重烧伤的西班牙受害者。第二起事故于1997年发生在伊列斯卡，造成8名日本人和2名西班牙人遇难。在这两起事故中，均采用了死后法医鉴定程序，包括外部和内部检查、常规拍照以及牙齿检查。在巴伊伦事故中，57%的案例通过牙齿鉴定得以确认身份；在伊列斯卡事故中，这一比例为80%。牙齿鉴定的成功率因事故性质、受害者的国籍和居住国、牙科治疗的发生率、是否有足够的牙科记录以及牙齿损伤程度的不同而有很大差异。文中还讨论了处理烧伤受害者时推荐使用的鉴定程序和方法。
