Role of Dentistry in Forensic Science

Year 2018, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 1593 - 1600, 01.01.2018

Alime Okkesim Melda Mısırlıoğlu Mehmet Zahit Adışen Yağmur Yılmaz Akyıl

Abstract

Forensic dentistry is a branch of forensic sciences, which is working for keeping and evaluating dental records for the justice system.. Forensic dentistry practices are used in several fields such as the comparison of dental records, age estimation and sex determination from teeth, and bite mark, palatal ruga and cheiloscopy analysis. The problems raised by the hardships in the process of identification of mass fatality victims after the disasters occurring in and out of our country in recent years, have proved the importance of forensic dentistry once again. In order to solve these problems, some ideas came into prominence regarding the handling of organizational issues, such as keeping the ante mortem dental records properly. In this review, it is aimed to present the place and importance of forensic dentistry practices in the forensic sciences with extensive literature review

Keywords

forensic dentistry, forensic science, human identification

Adli Bilimlerde Diş Hekimliğinin Yeri

Abstract

Adli diş hekimliği, dental verilerin adaletin yararına saklanması adli bilimlerin bir dalıdır. Adli diş hekimliği uygulamalarında kayıtlarının karşılaştırılması, dişlerden yaş tahmini, cinsiyet tayini, ısırık izi, palatal ruga, dudak izi analizi olmak üzere pek çok yöntem kullanılır. Dünyada ve ülkemizde meydana gelen felaketler sonrasında kurbanların kimliklendirilmesinde yaşanan sorunlar, adli diş hekimliğinin önemini bir kez daha gözler önüne sermiştir. Yaşanan problemlerin çözümüne yönelik, antemortem diş kayıtlarının düzenli tutulması görüşü ön plana çıkmıştır. Bu derlemede kapsamlı literatür taramasıyla adli diş hekimliği uygulamalarının adli bilimler içindeki yeri ve önemi ile ilgili bilgi paylaşımı amaçlanmıştır

Keywords

adli diş hekimliği, adli bilimler, insan kimliklendirme

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