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Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i Kryminologii/Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology
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3/2016
vol. 66
 
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Case report

Identification of unknown corpses through odontological examination – two case reports

Katarzyna Wochna
1
,
Anna K. Smędra
1
,
Jarosław Berent
1
,
Szymon Szustowski
1

  1. Chair and Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Arch Med Sąd Kryminol 2016; 66 (3): 158-171
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/amsik.2016.66400
Online publish date: 2017/03/15
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The presented paper illustrates the significance of dental documentation which played a key role in the process of identification of two unknown male cadavers by means of dental features examination. Efficient operations of the district prosecutor’s office, which in both cases provided ante mortem dental documentation of a missing person likely to be the victim, led to double positive identification. In the first presented case dental examination proved to be more effective than genetics and contributed to closure of the identification procedures. In the second case it confirmed identity equally with genetics. In addition, the paper discusses the basic rules of medical records handling and storage.
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odontological identification, teeth examination, dental records, unidentified body
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