James H
Forensic Odontology Unit, University of Adelaide, Australia.
J Forensic Odontostomatol. 2005 Jun;23(1):1-18.
The boxing day tsunami of 26 December 2004 caused devastation and loss of life around the Indian ocean. International disaster victim identification efforts were centred in Thailand, with many odontologists from over 20 countries contributing to the examination of deceased, collection of antemortem information, comparison and reconciliation of data. The contribution of forensic odontology to the identification process conducted in Thailand in response to the tsunami devastation is presented in a composite of short reports focused on the five phases associated with disaster victim identification. To date 1,474 deceased have been identified. Dental comparison has been the primary identifier in 79% of cases and a contributor in another 8%, a total of 87%.
2004年12月26日的节礼日海啸给印度洋周边地区带来了巨大破坏和人员伤亡。国际上的灾难遇难者身份识别工作主要集中在泰国，来自20多个国家的许多牙科专家参与了对死者的检查、生前信息的收集、数据的比对与核对。本文通过一系列聚焦于灾难遇难者身份识别五个阶段的简短报告，综合呈现了法医牙科学在泰国针对海啸灾难所开展的身份识别工作中的贡献。截至目前，已确认了1474名死者的身份。在79%的案例中，牙齿比对是主要的身份识别方法，另有8%的案例中牙齿比对起到了辅助作用，总计占比87%。
