Law C A, Bowers C M
Los Angeles County Department of the Coroner, Agoura, CA, USA.
J Forensic Sci. 1996 May;41(3):514-7.
This is a case study in the application of a laboratory technique first described by Dr. Brion C. Smith in the Journal of Forensic Sciences in January 1992. Our study evaluated a human skull that showed perimortem and/or postmortem tooth loss. It was discovered in 1991 and deemed to have no usable dental information due to severe alveolar bone destruction. In 1994, using minor modifications of Dr. Smith's technique, we sealed off the open tooth sockets and injected a radiopaque material which, after radiographic analysis, revealed previously unobserved dental information. This report demonstrates that root morphology can be reconstructed. This yields radiographic information that may be useful in the identification of unknown human remains.
这是一个关于应用一项实验室技术的案例研究，该技术最早由布里昂·C·史密斯博士于1992年1月在《法医学杂志》上描述。我们的研究评估了一个显示生前和/或死后牙齿脱落的人类头骨。它于1991年被发现，由于严重的牙槽骨破坏，被认为没有可用的牙齿信息。1994年，我们对史密斯博士的技术进行了微小改进，封闭了开放的牙槽窝，并注入了一种不透射线的材料，经过放射学分析，揭示了以前未观察到的牙齿信息。本报告表明，可以重建牙根形态。这产生的放射学信息可能有助于识别身份不明的人类遗骸。
