Anthropology 2235A/B Lecture Notes - Impacted Wisdom Teeth, Forensic Dentistry, Dentin
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Lecture 30 determination of ancestry and forensic dentistry. In forensic the use of race based on broad classification of. Caucasian, black, mongoloid or asian, amerind, hispanic: use metric, non-metric and dna to assist in race determination, best done with mitochondrial dna. It will be a separate lecture in second part of the course. Forensic dentistry: branch of dental science which deals with proper handling and examination of dental evidence, and with proper evaluation of dental findings, in the interests of justice . Divisions of forensic dentistry: personal identification, disaster victim identification, bite mark recovery and analysis, domestic violence, dental jurisprudence. Impacted wisdom teeth: eruption pattern or sequence, root development, periodontal status, analysis of occlusal or incisal wear, microscopic analysis of dentin and pulp. Forensic odontology: antemortem dental records then positively id can be easily obtained, panoramic ex-rays provide an invaluable antemortem dental record for comparisons with evidentiary samples. But it is only one source of evidence used.