Dead Men Do Even Tell Filled Tales
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Forensic dentistry, Amalgam, Cention, Amalgomer, Stereomicroscope, CBCT.Abstract
Background: Dental identification of deceased individual is a core task in the forensic dentistry.
The accurate recording of clinical procedures has become more important over the time because of
the increasing trends of lawsuits worldwide. Advances in imaging, root canal anatomy and
restorative materials have been consistently emerging in present research and practice. Hence, the
purpose of this paper is to provide an update on interrelationship between restorative dentistry
and forensic personal identification.
Aim: To observe the effects of predetermined incineration temperatures (400 and 800) on unrestored
and restored teeth with different restorative materials, and its effect on length of tooth and
volume of the pulp under Stereomicroscope and CBCT.
Materials and Methods: 48 extracted premolar teeth were divided into 2 groups based on
predetermined temperatures and subdivided into 4 subgroups based on restorative material used.
Subgroup i- Unrestored teeth, Subgroup ii- class I Amalgam restoration, Subgroup iii- class I
Amalgomer restoration and Subgroup iv- class I Cention restoration. The Antemortem and postmortem
records were compared using Stereomicroscope and CBCT.
Results: Teeth exposed to incineration at different temperatures will be analyzed under
Stereomicroscope and CBCT.
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