Sarode Sachin C, Zarkar Gargi A, Kulkarni Meena A
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Maheshnagar, Pimpri, Pune-18, Maharashtra, India.
Dent Update. 2009 Sep;36(7):430-2, 435-6. doi: 10.12968/denu.2009.36.7.430.
Forensic identification of the victims in mass disasters is essential, not only for humanitarian reasons, but also for civil or criminal investigative need. The number of victims identified with the help of forensic odontology in various mass disasters in the world has been analysed and discussed. The result depicts the necessity of keeping proper dental records at institutional and individual level. Thus the use of forensic odontology in a series of mass disasters has been explored. The most common aspect of forensic odontology that a general practitioner is likely to encounter is the supply of ante-mortem records to aid in human identification.
The need for proper dental record-keeping by general dental practitioners is highlighted by discussing the role of forensic odontology in some of the world's major mass disasters.
在大规模灾难中对受害者进行法医鉴定至关重要，这不仅出于人道主义原因，也是民事或刑事调查的需要。本文分析并讨论了借助法医牙科学在世界各地各种大规模灾难中鉴定出的受害者数量。结果表明在机构和个人层面保存适当牙科记录的必要性。因此，本文探讨了法医牙科学在一系列大规模灾难中的应用。普通从业者在法医牙科学中最常遇到的方面是提供生前记录以协助身份鉴定。
通过讨论法医牙科学在世界上一些重大大规模灾难中的作用，强调了普通牙科从业者妥善保存牙科记录的必要性。
