Pretty Iain A
Dental School and Hospital, Manchester, UK.
Dent Update. 2007 Dec;34(10):621-2, 624-6, 629-30 passim. doi: 10.12968/denu.2007.34.10.621.
For many forensic dentists the identification of found human remains will comprise the majority of their case work. However, there is rarely a typical dental identification. The resilience of teeth and their supporting tissues to peri- and post-mortem assaults provides a wealth of information for those interested in the identity of the deceased. Chemical attack, burning, burial, submersion, and even severe head and neck trauma are all withstood by the dentition to an extent where identification is possible. The lack of a tentative identification or failure to locate dental or similar ante-mortem records is a more common reason for an odontological investigation to fail.
The purpose of this review is to describe the techniques employed by forensic dentists to identify human remains and also to provide details of some of the novel developments within this area.
对于许多法医牙医来说，鉴定发现的人类遗骸将构成他们大部分的案件工作。然而，很少有典型的牙齿鉴定案例。牙齿及其支持组织在生前和死后遭受攻击时的韧性，为那些对死者身份感兴趣的人提供了丰富的信息。化学侵蚀、焚烧、掩埋、浸泡，甚至严重的头部和颈部创伤，牙列在一定程度上都能承受，从而有可能进行身份鉴定。初步鉴定缺失或未能找到牙齿或类似的生前记录，是牙科学调查失败的更常见原因。
本综述的目的是描述法医牙医用于鉴定人类遗骸的技术，并提供该领域一些新进展的详细信息。
