A technique to capture, analyze, and quantify anterior teeth rotations for application in court cases involving tooth marks

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 624-629

  Bernitz, Herman ^a   Van Heerden, Willie F P ^a   Solheim, Tore ^b   Owen, Johanna H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Court cases; Forensic sciences; Metric analysis; Odontology; Tooth marks; Tooth rotations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BITE; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BITES, HUMAN; CUSPID; DENTAL IMPRESSION MATERIALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOOTH MIGRATION; WAXES;

EID: 33646746624     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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