MODULE 2: DENTAL ID FROM TEETH AND FACIAL STRUCTURES

Establishment of a person’s individuality

• Decedent Identification

• Traditional Method

• Personal Identification

• Antemortem Identification

Victim Identification is important for emotional, legal and financial reasons

• Decedent Identification

• Postmortem IdentifIcation

• Antemortem Identification

• Personal Identification

Visually recognizing the body

• Post-Mortem Unit

• Ante-Mortem Unit

• Current Method

• Traditional Method

(a)   is important for emotional, legal and financial reasons

Teeth and _____ can verify identity because the ____ is unique

(a)  

Forensic Identification that takes place prior to death; can be a panoramic radiograph

• Antemortem Identification

• Postmortem Identification

Identification of a person that is carried out after death.

• Antemortem Identification

• Postmortem Identification

• Postmortem Unit

• Antemortem Unit

-Most difficult

- The members need to collect as much as information as possible in the shortest period of time

• Post-mortem Unit

• Ante-mortem Unit

(a)   are considered the best PM biometric identifier

Begins with locating the dental records of the victims ->

• Communicating with the police, dentist, and relatives of the victims

• Communicating with the family