生物监识-监识科学学会-中央警察大学.PDF

E1 E1 Forensic Odontology Dr. Carl KK Leung Director, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Honorary Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong Introduction 1 Forensic Odontology, or forensic dentistry, was defined by Keiser-Neilson in 1970 as that branch of forensic medicine which in the interest of justice deals with the proper handling and examination of dental evidence and with the proper evaluation and presentation of the dental findings. There are three major areas of activity embracing current forensic odontology namely: 1. The examination and evaluation of injuries to teeth, jaws, and oral tissues resulting from various causes 2 The examination of marks with a view to subsequent elimination or possible identification of a suspect as the perpetrator 3 The examination of dental remains (whether fragmentary or complete, and including all types of dental restorations) from unknown persons or bodies with a view to the possible identification of the latter2 The natural teeth are the most durable organs in the bodies of vertebrates, and humankinds understanding of their own past and evolution relies heavily upon remnant dental evidence found as fossils.3 Teeth can persist long after other skeletal structures have succumbed to organic decay or destruction