dental records
Mouth health history
Dental records are the documentation a dentist maintains about a patient's teeth—X-rays, charts of fillings and extractions, notes on dental work.
Because teeth are durable and dental patterns unique, these records serve as a reliable method of identifying human remains: The body was identified through dental records.
- odontologyStudy of teeth
- patient chartsDocumentation of care history
- dentitionOral tooth arrangement
- forensic anthropologySkeletal analysis for legal cases
- enamelHard glossy coating
incisor · molar · digital archiving · charting · bitewing · informed consent · canine · patient confidentiality · DNA profiling · treatment plans · X-ray · medical ethics · postmortem analysis · identification · liability waivers · autopsy · file · jaw
- forensic dentistrycomparative analysis, expert witness, chain of custody
- Dentistcavity filling, cavity, filling, tooth extraction, cleaning
- dentistryteeth, tooth, dentists, filling, fillings
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
- investigationinvestigation, detective, evidence, clue, case
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
dental recordsfingerprints
Ridge patterns identifying individuals
DNA evidence · DNA analysis · facial recognition · retinal scans · voice recognition
dental recordsanonymity
Unknown identity state
John Doe · Jane Doe · untraceable · off the grid · undocumented