INTERPOL DVI
Definition
The INTERPOL Disaster Victim Identification process, governed by the INTERPOL DVI Guide (current edition 2018). Dental data are recorded on colour-coded forms: pink for postmortem data, yellow for ante-mortem data. Both use FDI notation.
- Primary dental notation system
- FDI notation
- Current guide edition
- 2018
- Postmortem form color
- Pink
- Ante-mortem form color
- Yellow
Common questions
What is INTERPOL DVI and when is it used?+
INTERPOL DVI (Disaster Victim Identification) is a standardized framework for identifying victims in mass-casualty events. It is used when multiple deaths occur in disasters like plane crashes, earthquakes, or building collapses.
How do dental records play a role in INTERPOL DVI?+
Dental identification is one of three primary methods in the INTERPOL DVI framework. Dental records are compared using standardized color-coded forms, pink for postmortem data and yellow for ante-mortem (before-death) records, both recorded in FDI notation.
What makes INTERPOL DVI procedures reliable across countries?+
The INTERPOL DVI Guide provides standardized forms, procedures, and coordination structures for identifying victims in mass-casualty events. This ensures consistency whether a disaster strikes in one country or involves victims from multiple nations.
Related terms
- ABFO
- American Board of Forensic Odontology: the specialty certification body in the United States that examines and certifies forensic odontologists as Diplomates, and...
- Ante-Mortem Record
- Any dental document created during a person's lifetime: clinical charts, radiographs (periapical, panoramic, bitewing), photographs, study models, and treatment notes. These are...
- Dental Chart
- A systematic tooth-by-tooth record of the clinical state of a dentition, including restorations, missing teeth, prosthetics, pathology, and morphological features. Both ante-mortem...
- Diplomate (ABFO)
- The certification grade awarded by the ABFO to forensic odontologists who meet its education, training, and examination requirements. In US courts, ABFO...
- DVI Pink Form
- The INTERPOL standardised Dental Identification Form used to record antemortem and postmortem dental findings in a format that supports reconciliation by a...
- Foundational Validity
- The requirement, articulated in the 2009 US National Academy of Sciences report and taken up by courts and reform bodies, that a...
- ISO 17025
- International standard for the general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. Covers management system requirements (document control, internal audits,...
- Pontic
- The artificial tooth in a fixed bridge that spans the gap left by a missing tooth. The pontic is not attached to...
- Postmortem Dental Record
- The dental chart completed by a forensic odontologist during examination of deceased remains. Created under autopsy or scene conditions, often from partially...
- Restoration Surface
- The specific face(s) of a tooth carrying a filling or other restoration. Surfaces are abbreviated M (mesial), D (distal), O (occlusal), B...
Explained in these topics
- Dental Charting and the Postmortem Dental RecordThe INTERPOL Disaster Victim Identification process, governed by the INTERPOL DVI Guide (current edition 2018). Dental data are recorded on colour-coded forms:...
- Standards and Accreditation: ABFO, DVI, ISOINTERPOL's Disaster Victim Identification framework, which provides standardised forms, procedures, and coordination structures for identifying victims in mass...