Postmortem (PM) Examination
Definition
The systematic dental examination conducted on remains after death, producing a chart, radiographs, and photographs that document the current state of the dentition.
Related terms
- Antemortem (AM) Record
- Any dental documentation from the person's life: radiographs, clinical charts, study models, photographs, and prosthetic records. These form the known standard against...
- Concordant Feature
- A characteristic that matches between the AM and PM records. Concordances build the case for identification; the more unique and numerous they...
- Discordant Feature
- A characteristic that differs between AM and PM findings. A discordance must either be explained (e.g., new dental work since the last...
- Exclusion
- The categorical conclusion that one or more examined features are clearly inconsistent in a way that cannot be explained by projection angle,...
- Positive Identification
- The categorical conclusion in comparative radiography that all examined features are concordant, no feature is inconsistent, and the overall pattern of correspondence...
Explained in
- Dental Identification: Antemortem to Postmortem ComparisonThe systematic dental examination conducted on remains after death, producing a chart, radiographs, and photographs that document the current state of the dent...