Dental Jurisprudence Flashcards
⁃Is the principle of law applied as they relate to the practice of dentistry.
⁃Set of rules and regulations with regards to the conduct of a professional who took the oath of office
Dental Jurisprudence
legal requirement that the state must respect al legal rights. Ensures fair treatment through the judicial system.
DUE PROCESS
main party in a crib or legal matter. Someone who commits the act or aids in its commission
PRINCIPAL
a personnwho help another commit a crime, by assisting directly or by encouraging or facilitating the crime
ACCOMPLICE
a person who assists in the commission of a crime but is not present at the crime scene. Helping prepare or helping the criminal evade capture.
ACCESORY
agreement between two or more people to commit a crime. Conspiracy itself is a crime even if the planned crime does not occur
CONSPIRACY
a serious crime, typically punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death
FELONY
a person who has bee convicted in felony
FELON
“thing speaks for itself”, fires to situations where the evidence is so clear that negligence can be inferred without direct proof.
RES IPSA LOQUITOR
a legal document ordering a person to attend a court proceeding or produce evidence.
SUBPOENA
A group of people sworn to render a verdict in a legal case based on the evidence presented during a trial.
Jury
Professional negligence by a professional that leads to substandard treatment or service, causing harm to a client or patient.
Malpractice
A failure to take proper care in doing something, which results in damage or injury to another.
Negligence
Engaging in activities that violate the law
Illegal Practice
A written defamatory statement that damages a person’s reputation.
Libel
A spoken defamatory statement that damages a person’s reputation
Slander
The person who brings a case against another in a court of law
Plaintiff
The party who responds to a petition or appeal in a legal proceeding, often the defendant in civil cases.
Respondent
A person who gives testimony about what they have seen, heard, or experienced in relation to a legal case.
Witness
A formal written or spoken statement given in a court of law by a witness.
Testimony
A legally binding agreement between two or more parties that is enforceable by law.
Contract
is an individual who saw or heard a crime taking place, who may have important information about the crime and who can give a testimony regarding the crime.
direct witness
Best practices for evidence management:
⁃Document Your Documentation
⁃Automate Where Possible
⁃Enforce Better Accountability
⁃Manage Workflows for Efficiency
⁃Ensure Evidence Integrity
There are three common types of witnesses:
the eye witness
expert witness
character witness.
are called to stand and take an oath to “tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth”.
witnesses
include documents, photographs, physical objects, emails, text messages, audio tapes and videos.
Exhibits
means that you disobeyed alegal order without a lawful reason and iffound guilty
Contempt of court
Dental reports of personal injury cases consists of the following:
⁃Extracting the wrong tooth
⁃Jaw fracture after 3rd molar removal
⁃Causing harm to healthy teeth
⁃Collateral damage to the gums, jaw, tongue etc.
⁃Wrong denture design
⁃Incorrect orthodontic treatment
is the administration and control ofevidencesrelated and to prove circumstances of the event.
High-risk items such as jewelry, guns and cash, can be incorporated into the evidence software with photographs.
Evidence management
may also include : tool / weapons, lip and bite marks, artist’s sketch, photographs, radiographs, physical and mental evaluations, DNA and other lab tests and finally dental evidences- cast, restorations, etc. Only the relevant items will be marked and organized as evidence to be reviewed and evaluated.
Trial exhibits
Evidence Management protocol:
1 recognition (detection)
2 acquisition (collection)
3 documentation /description (recording)
4 custody & preservation
5 analysis & interpretation
Types of evidence
- Tools
- Footwear
- Tire treads
- Fabric/clothing
- Lips
- Teeth
- pattern produced by human or animal dentitions and associated structures in any substance capable of being marked by these means. (Clark 1992)
⁃can be found anywhere on a body, particularly on soft, fleshytissuesuch as thestomachorbuttocks
bitemark
covers topics like lip prints, bitemarks and tool marks in the identification of the victim or the suspect.
Forensic Odontology
types of bite marks:
Haemorrhage’
‘Abrasion’
‘Contusion’
‘Laceration’
‘Incision’
‘Avulsion’
‘Artefact’
a small bleeding spot
Haemorrhage’
undamagingmarkon the skin,
‘Abrasion’
ruptured blood vessels, bruise,
‘Contusion’
near puncture of skin,
‘Laceration’
neat punctured or torn skin,
‘Incision’
bitten- off a piece of body
‘Artefact’
removal of skin,
‘Avulsion’
Characteristics of Bitemarks:
Gross characteristics
Class characteristics
Individual characteristics
are those that identify the general origin of the object.
Gross characteristics
is a feature, characteristic, or pattern that distinguishes a bite mark fromother patterned injuries.
Class characteristics
are deviations from the standard class characteristics.
Individual characteristics
produce spherical or point-shaped marks.
Pre-molars
then investigators rely on an adjuvant technique such as-as supportive evidence.
Cheiloscopy
The wrinkles and grooves on the labial mucosa
sulci labiorum
form a characteristic pattern
lip prints
straight grooves that disappeare halfway
TYPE II
CLASSIFICATION OF THE LIPS
TYPE I
TYPE II
TYPE III
TYPE IV
Type v
clear-cut live or groove running vertically across the lip
TYPE I
Grooves that fork in their course or a branched groove
TYPE III
intersected groove
TYPE IV
grooves that do note all into any of the above categories and cannot be differentiated morphologically.
Type V
