Repercussões periciais diante de falha no preenchimento de prontuário odontológico - relato de caso pericial
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2015
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The number of deaths by traffic accidents annually increases. Charred and
mutilated bodies arise as the result of this thermal and traumatic event. Consequently,
Forensic Odontology plays an important role enabling the cadaveric examination of the
remaining hard tissue. However, dental autopsies essentially require accurate and reliable
ante-mortem data for a proper comparative human identification. The objective is to report a
case of human identification, involving a victim of traffic accident, hampered by misfiled
dental records. In 2014, fatal victims of traffic accident were referred charred for human
identification. The first victim was identified by DNA exam; while the second victim enable the
procedure for dental identification once ante-mortem dental records were found. Mismatches
were detected during the comparative procedure between ante-mortem and post-mortem
dental data. However, positive matches were also found, indicating potential misfiled
information into the ante-mortem dental records. Based on that, DNA exams were carried for
identification. Positive identification was reached, indicating that the ante-mortem dental
records were misfiled. Misfiled dental records hamper dental autopsies; delay the
identification process; and eventually raise the costs for forensic expertise due to the need
for DNA exams. Thus, the present study highlights the relevance of proper ethical behavior in
the clinical routine of Dentistry, especially during the registration of technical procedures and
storage of dental records.
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Forensic dentistry, Odontologia legal, Registros odontológicos, Identificação humana, Dental records, Human identification
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SILVA, Rhonan Ferreira da et al. Repercussões periciais diante de falha no preenchimento de prontuário odontológico - relato de caso pericial. Brazilian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Medical Law and Bioethics, Ribeirão Preto, v. 4, n. 2, p. 209-217, 2015.