1Department of Forensic Medicine, MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana (Ambala).
2Department of Forensic Medicine, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar.
3Department of Forensic Medicine,, S.G.R.D. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar.
In the recent years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of suspected bite mark cases examined by the Forensic Odontologists. In some criminal trials, bite mark evidence has been the only evidence on which a conviction or acquittal has been achieved. It is thus important that forensic experts should consider the possibility of human bites while examining surface trauma in certain cases, particularly, alleged rape and child abuse cases. If a human bite is suspected, in the living or in the dead, the value of this evidence must be assessed by proper analysis.
Bite Mark, Crime, Evidence, Odontologist, Forensic
