Doychinov I, Yordanov G
Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Folia Med (Plovdiv). 1994;36(3):57-61.
The authors present a case of identification of a severely burnt corpse belonging to an unknown person by means of antemortem orthopantomography performed with a diagnostic purpose during a treatment of the person. A short review is made of the literature concerning the scope and use of orthopantomography for the purposes of forensic identification. Some practical aspects of the postmortem orthopantomography of both maxillary are given.
