Dental examination proves to be one of the most effective means of identification available. Restorations, type, location, and configuration may be highly specific. In addition, teeth and restorative materials are relatively nonperishable. Because dental identification appears to be one of the better methods, particularly in the badly burned, decomposed, skelotonized, dr macerated bodies, a dentist is
often called upon to aid the identification. Depending on the degree of experience and sophistication of the police investigator, it is not infrequent that they sit back and wait for the dentist to make an identification.
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