Forensic Odontology

Your top/upper teeth are called...

• maxillary teeth
• mandibular teeth

Which tooth is number 10 below?

• lateral incisor
• 3rd molar
• 2nd molar
• 1st molar
• central incisor

Which tooth is number 1 below?

• 3rd molar
• 2nd molar
• 1st molar
• central incisor
• canine

Bite marks are...

• class evidence
• individual evidence

Check ALL the ways Odontology should be used in forensics.

• Identify unknown bodies
• Eliminate possible suspects whose teeth could not have made a particular bite mark
• Make a positive (exact) identification of a suspect to the exclusion of all others

A woman is brought to the hospital in critical condition. She claims she was attacked while walking near her home, and is showing signs of a beating. She also has what appears to be a bite mark on her arm, but it is hard to make out any individual tooth impressions, the area is red and swollen. It is in ______________

• Stage 1
• Stage 2
• Stage 3
• Stage 4

What level bite mark is this?

• Level 4
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3
• Level 5

You are looking at what you believe to be a Level 1 bite mark on a victim. Which of the following is FALSE?

• This bite mark is faint
• There is no broken skin at the bite mark
• The mark is not very useful for matching a suspect to the mark
• The mark should not be photographed

What is an overlay?

• A high definition photograph of a bite mark with a scale
• A cast used to collect bite mark evidence found on a victim
• A transparent sheet with a tracing of the teeth, used to compare a bite mark to suspect's dentition
• A detailed mold made of the suspect's teeth

Which of the following is FALSE?

• Bite mark evidence has been proven to be reliable
• Bite mark analysis is subjective
• Ted Bundy was convicted based largely on bite mark evidence
• Many people have been wrongly convicted due to faulty bite mark evidence