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Universidade da Região de Joinville
2011
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- Identification of a charred corpse through dental records Isamara Geandra Cavalcanti Caputo Jair Naves dos Reis Teresa Cristina Pantozzi Silveira Marco Aurélio Guimarães Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva Medicina documentation Forensic dentistry forensic anthropology Introduction: Forensic Dentistry is an area of Dentistry related to Law. Among its goals is the execution of human identification, defined as the process of determining the person's identity. The forensic dentist uses, in this process, ante-mortem records and data for comparison with post-mortem information obtained from the examination of the body. Objective: To describe the process of identification of a charred corpse by using dental records. Case report: The human material remained from a charred corpse was sent to an anthropological and dental analysis for identification purposes. This employed the analysis of the corpse examination and odontological records. Conclusion: The identification of the victim in this case points out to the need of an interdisciplinary work between Forensic Medicine and Dentistry in situations which other routine identification processes cannot be applied, highlighting the importance of the Forensic dentist for the final solution of the case. 2011 artículo científico 1806-7727 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=153021326017 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1530 RSBO Revista Sul-Brasileira de Odontologia application/pdf Universidade da Região de Joinville RSBO Revista Sul-Brasileira de Odontologia (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.8