Forensic Dentistry Flashcards
1
Q
Best AM record?
A
Radiographs
2
Q
Name two dental features of Mongoloid races?
A
- Shovel shaped upper centralk incisors
2. Occlusal enamel pearls in premolars and on roots of teeth
3
Q
Name two dental features in caucasian races?
A
- Lateral incisors in upper jaw, smaller than central
2. Carabelli’s cusp: small additional cusp at mesio palatal line angle of maxillary first molars
4
Q
Age estimation in children:
A
- Tooth eruption
2. Tooth development/minerlisation
5
Q
Age estimation in adults:
A
Gustafson Root transparency Cementum Tooth wear Dentine/pulp ratios 3rd molar