Vale G L, Sognnaes R F, Felando G N, Noguchi T T
J Forensic Sci. 1976 Jul;21(3):642-52.
A comparison has been made between bite marks observed on the nose of a female homicide victim and the configuration of the dental structures of a male suspect. The victim's bite marks showed a number of demonstrable characteristics which could be reproduced by models of the dentition of the suspect. Special peculiarities within and between individual teeth, together with the upper and lower jaw relationship, were demonstrably consistent with the bite mark patterns on the victim's nose. Detailed examination of the scientific evidence led the dental investigators to the conclusion that there was a positive match between the suspect's dentition and the bite mark on the decedent's nose. The dental investigation and subsequent dental testimony were prime factors leading to the defendant's conviction of manslaughter in the first case in California involving the major use of bite mark evidence.
已对一名女性凶杀案受害者鼻子上的咬痕与一名男性嫌疑人的牙齿结构形态进行了比对。受害者的咬痕呈现出一些可证实的特征，这些特征能够由嫌疑人牙列的模型再现。单个牙齿内部及之间的特殊之处，连同上下颌关系，都明显与受害者鼻子上的咬痕图案相符。对科学证据的详细审查使牙科调查人员得出结论，嫌疑人的牙列与死者鼻子上的咬痕存在肯定匹配。在加利福尼亚州首例大量使用咬痕证据的案件中，牙科调查及随后的牙科证词是导致被告被判过失杀人罪的主要因素。
