Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Denture Marking: A Valuable Aid in Forensic Identification

  • Author:
  • Vikas B Kamble, Raviraj G Desai, Kashinath C Arabbi, Sourabh Dhopare, Kaustubh Mahajan, Siddharam Patil, Ved Prakash
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 187 to 192

Department of Prosthodontics, P.M.N.M Dental College & Hospital, Bagalkot, Karnataka

Online published on 23 July, 2013.

Abstract

The importance of rapid identification of the victims in mass disasters is essential for legal and humanitarian reasons. When the individual is edentulous, where almost all valuable identification components of oral cavity are lost, the positive identification can be achieved through marked dentures. This paper emphasizes the importance of denture marking and reviews the different denture marking methods.

Keywords

Denture Marking, Denture Identification, Denture Labeling