Forensic Odontology

Oscar Amoeba is the father of Forensic Odontology he established the first exclusive Department of Forensic Odontology in the world was set up in Japan. dental identification was made between 49-66AD. King William is the first person to use bite marks in identification. Branch of Dentistry analyses and examines the dental evidence with the attention of justice. It provides a Crucial nation service in civil and criminal law. Forensic odonatologist work to discover the age and the inception from which person’s teeth belongs. This field helps to specify the decomposed evidence, undefined human or mutilated. It also includes the bite marks which are imposed by humans and animals found at the crime scene. Teeth marks are present on food, pen, pencil, glass, or in sexual assault cases, it is also found from the victim’s body. Mainly the bite marks are of a female because female have this type of skill to bite someone to save herself. Some points which a Forensic Odonatologist can find are – unknown human remains, age, bite marks, facial trauma, gender, nationality, etc.

Forensic Odontology deals with the bite marks of suspected individual to link the crime scene with them. Also, it deals with the analysis of teeth found in the skeletal remains from which individual identification can be possible. Mainly bite marks can be found in rape cases or any psychopath homicide cases, or in which the victim is trying to save himself from the criminal.

These are the tools used to take dental cast of the bite marks present on body, on any food items, or any furniture. The dental cast is made by using dental plaster into imprints of the bite marks.