Forensic Odontology · Free course
Forensic Odontology: The Basics
A beginner's guide to forensic odontology: teeth and FDI notation, identifying the dead from dental records, the dental role in INTERPOL disaster victim identification, age estimation from teeth, why bite mark analysis is disputed, how dental evidence is collected, and the Indian legal context.
About 45 min · 9 questions
What you’ll cover
- What forensic odontology is and what it can tell you
- A short history, and the teeth you need to know
- Dental identification and disaster victim identification
- Estimating age from teeth
- Bite mark analysis and why its reliability is disputed
- Collecting and charting dental evidence
- Forensic odontology in India: law, practice and limits
- Careers, key takeaways and further study
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