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A new technique for the postmortem detection of tooth-coloured dental restorations
Identification of unknown bodies is mainly made by dental examination and comparison with accurate dental records. Therefore it is necessary to examine the jaws carefully and to locate every tooth-coloured de...
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Manipulated radiographic material – capability and risk for the forensic consultant?
As interest is being increasingly focused on the digital processing of radiographs for identification of the deceased, the benefits and risks of electronic image processing are presented. With digitization of...
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Post-mortem orthopantomography – an aid in screening for identification purposes
Ante-mortem orthopantomograms may be of great value in the identification of human remains. This x-ray technique provides an overall view of the teeth and jaws and thus of numerous individual structural chara...
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The Kaiser's tooth
The recovery of DNA from teeth is usually associated with the destruction of the evidential tooth using, for instance a special grinding mill. In some cases, however, a minimal invasive method of DNA retrieva...
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Experiences in tsunami victim identification
