Dental Identification
Definition
The process of comparing antemortem dental records (radiographs, charts, models) against postmortem dental findings to establish or exclude identity. When records are complete, this is one of the most reliable identification methods.
Related terms
- Bite-Mark Analysis
- A pattern-comparison discipline in which a forensic odontologist attempts to link a bite wound on a victim to the dentition of a...
- Conclusion Language
- The standardised five-level scale the ABFO recommends for bite-mark opinions: identification, consistent with, inconclusive, excluded, and unsuitable for comparison. Each level has...
- Daubert Standard
- The US federal evidentiary standard (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 1993) requiring that expert testimony be based on scientifically valid methods with...
- Expert Witness
- A person whose specialised knowledge is accepted by a court and who gives opinion evidence, not just factual evidence. Forensic auditors frequently...
- Frye Standard
- The US legal test for admissibility of scientific evidence, originating from Frye v. United States (1923), which required that a technique be...
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- The Forensic Odontologist as Expert WitnessThe process of comparing antemortem dental records (radiographs, charts, models) against postmortem dental findings to establish or exclude identity. When reco...