Forensic Odontology: Principles and Practice

Forensic Odontology: Principles and Practice details the aspects necessary to become an accomplished forensic odontologist, including an illustration of the skills necessary to become an expert witness. The book is ideal for both the experienced and novice forensic odontologist, covering many fields of expertise, including civil and criminal matters. The civil side involves standard of care and personal injury matters, while the criminal side involves not only dental identification, but management of mass fatality incidents, age assessment, child and elder abuse, and bitemark analysis.

1. Forensic Sciences and Forensic Identification2. History and Scope of Forensic Odontology3. Dental Identification and Radiographic Pitfalls4. Dental Photography5. Disaster Victim Identification6. Missing and Unidentified Persons7. Domestic Violence8. Assessment of Dental Age9. Patterned Injury Analysis and Bitemark Comparison10. United States Jurisprudence and Admissibility of Evidence11. Expert Witness Guidelines and Testimony12. Expert Witness Liability13. Ethical Issues in Forensic Science and Forensic Odontology14. Forensic Odontology related specialties