Human bite marks are found when teeth are used as weapons of anger, passion, control or destruction. The individuality of the human dentition frequently allows the Forensic Odonto-Stomatologist (FOS) to reach a strong opinion of association in cases of identification and bite mark analysis. The principle of identifying an injury as a bitemark is complex and depending on severity and anatomical location is also highly subjective. Key elements to analyze a bite mark are the amount of detail available in the information about the bite mark. Not all bite marks have the level of forensic value necessary to identify just one individual. Advanced techniques using digital overlays, image perception technology, DNA recovery and bacterial genoyping have been suggested in the present article.
Human Bite Marks, Forensic Odontology, Digital Analysis
