Main description:

Forensic Odontology: Principles and Practice details the aspects necessary to become an accomplished forensic odontologist, including an illustration of the skills necessary to become an expert witness. The book is ideal for both the experienced and novice forensic odontologist, covering many fields of expertise, including civil and criminal matters. The civil side involves standard of care and personal injury matters, while the criminal side involves not only dental identification, but management of mass fatality incidents, age assessment, child and elder abuse, and bitemark analysis.

Contents:

1. Forensic Sciences and Forensic Identification
2. History and Scope of Forensic Odontology
3. Dental Identification and Radiographic Pitfalls
4. Dental Photography
5. Disaster Victim Identification
6. Missing and Unidentified Persons
7. Domestic Violence
8. Assessment of Dental Age
9. Patterned Injury Analysis and Bitemark Comparison
10. United States Jurisprudence and Admissibility of Evidence
11. Expert Witness Guidelines and Testimony
12. Expert Witness Liability
13. Ethical Issues in Forensic Science and Forensic Odontology
14. Forensic Odontology related specialties