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- Forensic Densitry is defined as?
- The branch of forensic medcine that applies dental knowledge to civil and criminal problems.
- Areas of Forensic Dentristry?
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1. Dental identification.
2. Bite mark analysis.
3. Human abuse and neglect.
4. Dental Malpractice and Negligence.
5.Dental Anthropology and Archaeology. - What is the purpose of Forensic Densistry?
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1. Identification of Armed forces personnel as well as civilians.
2. Estate, Insurance, Legal, and Psychological considerations.
3. Manpower and Intelligence. - How long is it be fore a person can be decleard legally dead?
- 7 years.
- What is the most common method of identification?
- Visual.
- What are the drawbacks to Visual ID?
- In cases of Fire, Illness, Decomposition or Water Immersion.
- What is an unreliable means of ID in a Medico-Legal death investigation?
- Visual ID.
- This type of Identification requires matching of Postmortem radiographs with raidographs that were taken befor death.
- Identification of Skeletal Remains.
- Of all the methods of ID, What type is best known?
- FINGERPRINTS
- What type of technology is fairly new, and may replace dental identification and fingerprint identification as the most definitive means of ID?
- DNA Analysis OR DNA Fingerprinting.
- What are the two types of definitive posittive ID?
- Fingerprints and Dental ID
- Teeth can be destroyed by temperatures greater than?
- 1000 degrees F, unprotected by the teeth and lips.
- What materials used on teeth can with stand 1600 degrees F?
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Gold
Silver Amalgam
Fused Porcelain
Synthetic Porcelain
Porcelain Dentures - What is the most commonly used restorative material?
- Silver Amalgam.
- Discrepancies may be classified as?
- Relative and Absolute.
- What is a relative discrepancy
- Differences between the ante and postmorten findings which can be explained by continued dental treatment.
- What is an absolute inconsistency?
- Differences between the ante and postmortem findings that are impossible and prove the remains cannot be those of the individual in question.
- What are the four categories in a radiographic comparison?
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Exact Match
Similarity
Relative Discrepancy
Absolute Inconsistency - What is the last and most important step in the Dental ID process?
- Classification
- What are the five classifications used to establish Identity?
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Positive ID
Positive ID by Charting Only
Consistent With
Exclusion
Unidentified. - What are the bacis steps in Forensic Dental Identification?
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1. Postmortem Examination and charting
2. Antemortem Record Acquisition and Record Reconstruction.
3. Ante and Postmortem record comparison. - What plays a critical role in the process of identifying unknown human remains?
- Dental Radiology.
- How long does it take to expose a complete set of postmortem raidographs?
- 20 minutes
- Charting is done in?
- Pen.
- What is the software used in the role of Dental ID?
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CAPMI
Computer Assisted Postmortem Identification.