The Value of Dental Restorations in Post-mortem Identification |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Section on Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA;2. Section on Human Psychopharmacology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA;3. Clinical Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA;4. Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA |
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| Abstract: | Although identification by means of teeth has been established for many years, opinion is divided on the optimum number of points of similarity required for positive identification. In the present survey it was found that for an average subject only nine points of identification were available in respect of dental restorations. The findings in the survey were applied to an advertised charting of an unidentified body and the results discussed. The number of necessary points of similarity required could be as few as six. As the number of restorations in teeth is likely to decrease, the present requirements of the National Health Service in respect of dental records should be revised. |
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