The Utilization of Radiology in Forensic Odontology

Year 2013, Volume: 23 Issue: 2, 252 - 260, 01.02.2013

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Emin Murat Canger Dt. Semiha Arslan

Abstract

Forensic dentistry is an important branch of forensic sciences. Radiology and radiological records are utilized in numerous subjects like identification determination, fact finding, determination of age and gender not in the field of forensic medicine, but also in the field of forensic dentistry. As radiological records light the way for either determination of current status or comparison of the past and current status, they constitute one of the most important assesment criteria of both forensic medicine and forensic dentistry. As dental radiograms utilized for the assesment of current status or for comparison of past and current or as evidence in court, it is important to obtain them in good radiographical quality circumstances and store them in appropriate condition. While previously intraoral and extraoral radiograms were used in the field of forensic dentistry, in recent years computerized tomography (CT) also comes into use. Radiology in forensic dentistry is not only used in the field of determination of identification, but also in determination of age- gender and in the field of disaster victim identification, and not only interests with dead people, but also with living individuals. The aim of this review is to give information about the role of radiology in forensic dentistry which is an incipient branch of forensic sciences in Turkey.

Keywords

Forensic sciences, Dentistry, Radiology, Identification.

Adli Diş Hekimliğinde Radyolojinin Kullanımı

Abstract

Adli diş hekimliği adli bilimlerin önemli dallarından biridir. Adli tıp alanında olduğu gibi adli diş hekimliğinde de kimlik belirleme ilgili birçok paramatrede (yaş ve cinsiyet) röntgen kayıtlarından yararlanılmakta ve radyoloji bilimi kullanılmaktadır. Röntgen kayıtları, hem bu günkü durumu tespitte hem de geçmişle yapılacak karşılaştırmalarda birçok konuya ışık tutmakta olduğundan, adli tıbbın ve adli diş hekimliğinin başvurduğu önemli değerlendirme ölçütlerindendir. Bu güne ait değerlendirmelerde, geçmişe ait kıyaslamalarda ve gerektiğinde mahkemelerde kanıt olarak sunuldukları durumlarda, radyogramlar ve bunların iyi şartlarda saklanılması oldukça önemlidir. Adli diş hekimliği alanında önceleri intraoral ve ekstraoral radyografiler kullanılırken son yıllarda bilgisayarlı tomografiler de kullanım alanı bulmaya başlamıştır. Adli diş hekimliğinde radyolojinin kullanımı kimlik tespiti gerektiren durumlar dışında, afet durumlarındaki toplu ölüm vakalarında, yaş tayininde de devreye girer ve yalnızca ölülerle değil, canlılarla da ilgilidir. Bu derlemenin amacı Türkiye’de uygulamaları yeni yeni başlayan adli diş hekimliğinde radyolojinin kullanımı konusu ile ilgili bilgi vermektir.

Keywords

Adli bilimler, Diş hekimliği, Radyoloji, Kimlik belirleme

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