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Odontology - Dentistry's Contribution to Truth and Justice

  • Iain A. Pretty*
  • , Robert Barsley
  • , C. Michael Bowers
  • , Mary Bush
  • , Peter Bush
  • , John Clement
  • , Robert Dorion
  • , Adam Freeman
  • , Jim Lewis
  • , David Senn
  • , Frank Wright
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Louisiana State University
  • University of South California
  • State University of New York
  • University of Melbourne
  • McGill University
  • Columbia University
  • Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Hamilton County Coroner's Office

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationForensic Science
Subtitle of host publicationCurrent Issues, Future Directions
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd
Pages179-210
Number of pages32
ISBN (Print)9781119941231
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Sept 2012

Keywords

  • Bitemark 'analysis pathway,' based on forensic significance
  • Bitemark and human dentition match, for fidelity of transference
  • Bitemarks in identifying individuals, and use of salivary DNA
  • DVI or multiple fatality incidents (MFI), termed 'mass disasters'
  • Forensic dental age assessment, 3-D mapping and morphometrics
  • Forensic discipline, assessment need within science/judicial
  • Forensic odontology, art-science in resolving civil/criminal
  • Human identification, bitemark, peri-oral injuries/abuse in child
  • National forensic odontology groups, lobbying for position in the UK
  • Odontology, dentistry's contribution to truth and justice

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