Prakash Poonam, Singh Maj Kirandeep, Bhandari S K
Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Armed Force Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Dental Surgery and Oral Health Sciences, Armed Force Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
J Forensic Dent Sci. 2019 Sep-Dec;11(3):113-117. doi: 10.4103/jfo.jfds_91_19. Epub 2020 Jun 3.
The term "forensic science" involves forensic (or , in Latin), which means a public discussion or debate. In a more modern context, however, forensic applies to courts or the judicial system. Combine that with science, and forensic science means applying scientific methods and processes to solving crimes. People can be identified by their fingerprints, foot creases, and from traces of their DNA from blood, skin, hair, saliva, and semen by DNA analysis. However, in situations where these records are unavailable or unusable due to the nature of the disaster, the dental records and aids prove to be useful for victim identification. This article aims at highlighting the importance of the dental records and the forensic odontology in the accurate and efficient identification of the conflict victims or deceased to serve as an important adjunct to the forensic medicine in a simplified manner.
“法医学”一词涉及“法庭的”（或在拉丁语中为forensis），意思是公开讨论或辩论。然而，在更现代的语境中，“法庭的”适用于法院或司法系统。将其与科学相结合，法医学意味着应用科学方法和程序来解决犯罪问题。通过DNA分析，可以根据指纹、足底纹以及血液、皮肤、头发、唾液和精液中的DNA痕迹来识别个体。然而，在由于灾难性质导致这些记录不可用或无法使用的情况下，牙科记录和辅助手段被证明对受害者身份识别很有用。本文旨在以简化的方式突出牙科记录和法医牙科学在准确、高效识别冲突受害者或死者方面的重要性，作为法医学的重要辅助手段。
