PubMed · 4519746
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C C Thompson. 1973. Forensic dentistry.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4519746/
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The validity of dental bitewing radiographs for forensic identification, with time lapses between the antemortem and postmortem film of up to 30 years, was tested. The ability to match radiographs from the same subject was expressed using sensitivity and specificity statistics. Although the overall accuracy of the observers was extremely high, it was obvious that radiographs from the same individual, when separated by time intervals greater that 20 years, had significantly reduced accuracy.
Identification of familial relationships is essential for reconstructing social structures in ancient societies. In forensic medicine, individual identification is occasionally also achieved by the same procedure. The paper discusses the role of odontologic traits for kinship analysis as well as several statistical procedures helpful in the detection and evaluation of presumptive 'genetic' relationships, and presents examples of applications.