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The University of Liverpool, Department of Clinical Dental Sciences, Edwards Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool, England.
J Forensic Sci. 2003 Sep;48(5):1127-32.
Many studies have been published describing numerous techniques to determine the aging of individuals from dental tissues. However, few case reports demonstrate how such techniques can be employed by the forensic odontologist undertaking casework. Indeed, many of the techniques are highly complex and utilize equipment not generally available to odontologists outside of the university or hospital systems. This paper describes five cases where dental aging was used for identification in the absence of materials for any other techniques. In each case the Bang and Ramm method was employed using sectioned teeth. Teeth were sectioned, photographed, and scaled in image analysis software. Bang and Ramm equations were employed, and in each case an age was derived. The estimated age was supplied to the coroner, who was able to use the information to positively identify five individuals for whom no other identification system was feasible.
已经发表了许多研究，描述了从牙齿组织确定个体年龄的众多技术。然而，很少有病例报告展示法医牙科学者在实际案件工作中如何运用这些技术。事实上，许多技术非常复杂，且使用的设备通常是大学或医院系统之外的牙科学者无法获得的。本文描述了五个案例，在没有其他技术可用材料的情况下，利用牙齿年龄鉴定来进行身份识别。在每个案例中，都使用了经切片处理的牙齿采用邦格和拉姆方法。对牙齿进行切片、拍照，并在图像分析软件中进行测量。应用邦格和拉姆公式，每个案例都得出了一个年龄。估计出的年龄提供给了验尸官，验尸官能够利用这些信息成功识别出五个个体，而对他们使用其他身份识别系统是不可行的。
