Forensic Odontology : a Handbook for Human Identification / edited by Anshu Nanda and Jaskaran Singh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nanda, Anshu, Author.

Contributor:

Nanda, Anshu, editor.

Singh, Jaskaran, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dental jurisprudence.

Forensic oncology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Bentham Science Publishers Pte. Ltd., [2023]

Summary:

This concise yet comprehensive book provides conceptual knowledge about forensic odontology in medical, dental, allied and litigation purposes. Written by authors that are highly knowledgeable, experienced and well-established in the field, this handbook lucidly explains basic and advanced components of dental forensics, beginning with anatomical attributes of the tooth, age assessment, dental anomalies and moving ahead to DNA fingerprinting from dental pulp, disaster victim identification from dentures, bite marks and oral autobiography which is a pragmatic approach in identification. Key features: - Gives an insight into basic and advanced aspects necessary to become an expert practitioner in forensic dentistry with a focus on how to provide apt evidence and explanations - Brings out remedial measures for challenges in disaster victim identification which can prove to be very helpful in crisis management - Provides references for further reading This book is intended as a handbook for readers who require a basic exposure to forensic dentistry. It will benefit learners and working professionals in forensic medicine, clinical settings, legal review, litigation, disaster management and allied roles involved in the criminal justice system.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

End User License Agreement

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Dedication

List of Contributors

Anatomical Attributes of the Tooth

Aman Chowdhry1,* and Priyanka Kapoor2

CONCEPT AND DEFINITIONS

Archaeology and Anthropology

Dental Anthropology

Dental Trait

Set Traits (Dentition Traits)

Arch Traits (Upper and Lower Teeth Traits)

Class Traits (Interclass Traits)

Type Traits (Intraclass Traits)

Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System

Carabelli's Trait (Tuberculum Anomale)

Shovelling

Sexual Dimorphism

INTRODUCTION

PARTS OF TOOTH

Tooth Crown

Tooth Root

DENTAL IDENTITY

HUMAN TEETH AND DENTITION

NUMBERING SYSTEM OF TEETH FOR DENTITIONS [13 - 15]

ANATOMICAL DIFFERENCE IN DECIDUOUS AND PERMANENT TEETH

COMPARATIVE CHARTING AND ARCH FORM (HUMAN VS ANIMAL)

DENTAL PROFILING FROM ANATOMICAL TRAITS OF TEETH

DENTAL AGE ASSESSMENT (DAA) FROM ANATOMICAL TRAITS OF TEETH

SEX DETERMINATION FROM ANATOMICAL TRAITS OF TEETH

ETHNICITY DETERMINATION FROM ANATOMICAL TRAITS OF TEETH

HERITABILITY OF DENTAL TRAITS

PALEODONTOLOGY

MARKS PRODUCED BY TEETH

ANOMALIES OF TEETH AND ANATOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE

DIGITAL ADVANCEMENTS AND APPLICATIONS OF DENTAL ANATOMY

INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

Mass Disaster

Teaching Dental Morphology

CONCLUSION

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

REFERENCES

Dental Age Estimation in Forensics

Priyanka Kapoor1,* and Aman Chowdhry2

CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS

HISTORY OF DENTAL AGE ESTIMATION

IMPORTANCE OF TEETH IN AGE ESTIMATION

IMPORTANCE OF AGE ESTIMATION IN FORENSICS

Comparative Age Determination

Reconstructive Age Determination or Profiling

Research

CLASSIFICATION AND BROAD CATEGORIES OF DENTAL AGE ESTIMATION METHODS

Pre-Natal Stage

Radiographic Methods.

Histological Methods [3]

Children and Adolescents

Standard Charts/Atlas Method

Calculation (Scoring/Regression Equations) Method

Adult Stage

Morphologic Methods

Histological Methods

Biochemical Methods

Radiographic Methods

Visual Methods

NEWER ADVENTS IN AGE ESTIMATION

Software l Program [Dental Age Estimation ® [82]

Artificial Intelligence in Age Estimation [88, 89]

DENTAL AGE ESTIMATION IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS

Craniofacial Abnormalities

Dental Age in Different Skeletal Patterns

Dental Age in Archeological Remains [27]

Dental Age in Fossil Evidence (Paleontology)

Dental Age in Correlation with Skeletal Age

DNA and Dental Age

REPORTING OF DERIVED AGE

ABBREVIATIONS

"Dental Anomalies": A Key to Personal Identification

Gyanendra Kumar1,*, Shilpa Malik Dutta2 and Ferah Rehman3

DENTAL RECORDS

Dental Charting

Dental Identification

ROLE OF ANOMALIES OR NONMETRIC TRAITS IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL AFTER DEATH

Dental Pulp: A Charismatic Role in DNA Fingerprinting

Shivani Bansal1,* and Archana Gaikwad1

HISTORIC REVIEW

MOLECULAR ANATOMY OF DNA

DNA-Types

ANATOMICAL LOCATION FOR DNA IN TOOTH

STRUCTURE OF DENTAL PULP

Dental Pulp Volume

Effect of Environment on Pulp DNA

Temperature

Soil

Water

DECONTAMINATION OF TEETH

DENTAL PULP EXTIRPATION METHODS

Crushing Entire Teeth

Cryogenic Grinding

Conventional Endodontic Access

Vertical Split

Horizontal Section

Orthograde Entrance Technique

Reverse Root Canal

PULP STORAGE

PRINCIPLE OF DNA FINGERPRINTING

DNA EXTRACTION METHODS

DNA FINGERPRINTING PROCEDURE

DNA ANALYSIS

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Southern Blot Analysis.

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP)

Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Analysis

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)

mtDNA Analysis

Y-chromosome Analysis

Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AmpFLP)

FORENSIC SIGNIFICANCE OF DENTAL PULP

Age Estimation

Odontoblasts in Pulp

Sex Determination and DNA from Pulp

Barr Bodies

F-bodies

Sex-determining Region "Y" Gene

Amelogenin Gene

Telomere Shortening

Blood Group Determination

Identification of Mass Disasters

Dentures: A hope for Disaster Victim Identification

Emilio Nuzzolese1,*

DENTURES AND POSTMORTEM DATA

DENTURES AND ANTE-MORTEM DATA

Oral Autobiography: A New Paradigm for Identification

Rohan Ashok Gawali1,* and Shaivya Mishra2

THE GOOD OLD: COMPARATIVE DENTAL IDENTIFICATION

Challenges

The Technique

The Concept of Dental Identification

Information Technology Tools in Dental Identification

Microscopic Examination

Molecular Analysis

Age

Morphological Method

Radiological Methods

Race

Monoloid

Caucasoids

Australoids

Negroids

Systemic Conditions

Occupation

THE FACE VALUE: CRANIO-FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION

Background

Process

Technique

2D Reconstruction

3D Reconstruction

THE BOOK OF LIFE: DNA

Human Genetic Variations

Variable Number Tandem Repeats

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Short Tandem Repeats

Special Techniques

MiniSTR

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism

Low Copy Number Protocol

mtDNA

Oro-facial Sources Of DNA

THE FLOWING IDENTITY: SALIVA

Forensic Significance

Identification of Salivary Stain

Methods of Collecting Saliva from the Crime Scene.

Advantage of Saliva over other Serological Fluids

What Can Be Done with Salivary Evidence?

Identification of the Biter

Sex Determination from saliva

Drug Monitoring

Salivary Biomarkers

Animal Bite-Mark Analysis

Blood Group Examination of Saliva

THE STORY OF A HARD CHIP: DENTAL CALCULUS

Composition of Dental Calculus

Sample Collection

THE MICRO DETECTIVES: ORAL MICROFLORA

Amplicon Sequencing

Shotgun Metagenomics

Shotgun Metaproteomics

LIPS DON'T LIE: LIP PRINTS

Lip Print Classification

Identification by Lip Prints

Future of Lip Print-Based Identification

THE HIDDEN MOUNTAINS: PALATINE RUGAE

Palatine Rugae Classification

FALSE TEETH FOR TRUE IDENTITY: DENTURES

Ideal Requirements

Various Techniques

Legislation about Denture Marking

THE TINY ROOMS IN THE SKULL: PARANASAL SINUSES

SMILE PLEASE: SELFIE PHOTOGRAPHS

Cameras Enter the Pocket: Camera Phones

Smartphones

Social Media

A New Type of Portrait: Selfie Photograph

THE SUPPORTING ACTORS: EAR, TONGUE, TOOTH PRINTS AND VOICE

Ear Prints

Tongue Prints

Tooth Prints

Voice

Bite Marks: A Pragmatic Approach in Identification

Jayant Kumar Gahlot1,* and Hemant Sawhney1

CLASSIFICATIONS OF BITE MARKS

CHARACTERISTICS OF BITE MARKS

Class Characteristics

Individual Characteristics

MECHANISM OF THE BITE MARKS

APPEARANCE AND FACTORS AFFECTING THE BITE MARKS

Factors Affecting Bitemarks on Skin

COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE IN BITE MARK ANALYSIS

Recording Vital Details

Demographic Record.

Position of the Bite Mark

Shape

Color and Size

Type of Injury

Obtaining Dental Records

Collection of Evidence from Victim

Documentation

Photograph

Swabs

Impressions

Collection of Evidence from Suspect

Clinical Examination

Bite Sample

BITE MARKS ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFICATION

ABFO Guidelines for Human Bite Mark Analysis

Different Methods of Comparing Specimens to Human Bite Marks

Guidelines for the Identification of a Body

SEVERITY OF BITE MARKS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE

BITE MARKS SEVERITY INDEX

METHODS TO PRESERVE BITE MARKS

AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY (ABFO) STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

ABFO Standards for Human Bite Mark Analytical Methods

ABFO Standards for "Bite Mark Terminology"

RОLE ОF FОRENSIС ОDОNTОLОGIST IN IDENTIFIСАTIОN

Subject Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9789815124392

9815124390

OCLC:

1394117210