1Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology Government Dental College and Research InstituteAffiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, KarnatakaBangalore, India
2Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology Affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka Government Dental College and Research InstituteBangalore, India
* Corresponding Author Dr. Abhishek Ranjan Pati Room No. 1 Department of Oral medicine & Radiology Government Dental College and Research Institute, Victoria hospital complex, Bangalore fort State: Karnataka-560002, India patiabhi@gmail.com, Mobile: +919739809737
Violence and serious acts of crime pose a large problem in today’s society, with the increasing rate and sophistication of crime, it’s becoming more difficult for the collection of viable and suitable evidence, equally there has been a tremendous research which has led to advancement in the forensic odontology on a global scale. Forensic sciences is a boon to tackle the present rate of crime and dentists play a major role, as the teeth are the only pivotal structures available in a totally decomposed, burned and mutilated body, as they are not affected by extreme changes in temperature and the environmental factors. The responsibility of a dentist in gathering evidence is crucial, which has to be presented in the interest of justice(1).
