Abstract
Forensic Odontology has become an integral part of forensic medicine over the past decadesthat utilize dental tissue findings to serve the judicial system. Dental tissues remains can be usedfor identification as using them are cost effective, reliable and fast. Forensic odontology is abranch of dentistry that analyzes dental evidence to overlap the dental and legal profession. Thetooth has been used as weapons and under certain circumstances, may leave information aboutthe identity of the biter, age estimation and gender determination. Dentists have a major role toplay in keeping accurate dental records and providing all necessary information so that legalauthorities may recognize mal practice, negligence, fraud or abuse, and identity of unknownindividuals. This paper will try to summarize the various roles of dental experts in forensicmedicine.
 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.20(1) 2021 p.17-23
Highlights
Dental structures are the most hardest, durable and sturdy tissues of the human body
Determination of gender is very important subdivision of forensic odontology, which plays a major role in identification of the unknown individuals where the body cannot be identified like natural disasters; chemical and nuclear bomb explosion scenarios by using Craniofacial morphology and dimension, so many studies are conducted in determination of gender by using tooth measuring of buccolingual and mesiodistal dimensions is most reliable and simple method for gender determination
The role of forensic dentistry plays a major role in the identification of those individuals who cannot be identified visually or other means
Summary
Dental structures are the most hardest, durable and sturdy tissues of the human body. The different dental patterns are typical for every person These dental structures are used in identification of individual, determination of sex where they person cannot be identified by their appearance. Odnotometric analysis for forensic use by dental structures for identification began, people killed in during French and Indian wars skeleton bodies were identified by an artificial tooth. Dental manpower in India should be quantified, while at the micro level, the skills required of forensic dental personnel to be hired/employed by a crime laboratory, a legal firm, or the law enforcing agencies like the police and judiciary as the needs of the Armed Forces and para-military organizations should be defined. Is it important to identify the deceased to ensure appropriate funeral service, and there are issues such as investigations in criminal issues, settlements of insurances, and military proceedings that can be determined only with a positive identification.[6,7,8,9]
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