Forensic importance of panoramic radiographs for human identification
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2012-12
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Human identification is a procedure of great importance for the proceedings instituted in the various spheres of law, and is also required by
the community for cultural or religious reasons. Among the processes of identification, the technique of forensic dentistry is a comparative
methodology in which it is necessary for the person to be identified to have his dental characteristics recorded in some kind of documentation
produced during his lifetime. In this context, panoramic radiographs are extra-oral images often requested by dentists due to the broad view
structures of the oral-maxillofacial complex, which assist in obtaining the diagnosis and definition of the treatment plan. In this study, a case
of human identification was reported using a panoramic x-ray, produced more than seven years earlier to support the planning of dental
treatment. The radiographic comparison was made possible because a post-mortem panoramic x-ray was produced, allowing the viewing of
anatomical and reconstructive features with a quality and quantity sufficient to safely establish a positive correlation between the skeletonized
corpse and the missing person.
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Forensic anthropology, Panoramic radiography, Forensic dentistry, Antropologia forense, Odontologia legal, Radiografia panorâmica
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SILVA, Rhonan Ferreira da et al. Forensic importance of panoramic radiographs for human identification. RGO: revista gaúcha de odontologia, Porto Alegre, v. 60, n. 4, p. 527-531, Oct./Dec. 2012.