Jeddy Nadeem, Ravi Shivani, Radhika T
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Thaimoogambigai Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Forensic Dent Sci. 2017 Sep-Dec;9(3):115-119. doi: 10.4103/jfo.jfds_85_16.
Forensic odontology is an evolving science and has a greater scope of development. It has established as an indispensable science in medico-legal matters and in the identification of the dead person. The dental tissues are often preserved even if the deceased person is skeletonized, decomposed, burnt, or dismembered. Various methods have been developed to determine age, sex, and ethnicity of the person, using dental tissues. Data collection methods and supplementary technologies used in forensic dental identification have undergone significant transformation. This article provides an overview of the evolving trends in conventional methods, and the recent concepts used in forensic odontology.
法医牙科学是一门不断发展的科学，具有更大的发展空间。它已成为法医学事务和死者身份鉴定中不可或缺的科学。即使死者只剩骨架、已腐烂、被焚烧或肢体分离，牙齿组织通常仍会保存下来。人们已开发出各种利用牙齿组织来确定个人年龄、性别和种族的方法。法医牙科学鉴定中使用的数据收集方法和辅助技术已经历了重大变革。本文概述了传统方法的演变趋势以及法医牙科学中使用的最新概念。
