IDENTIFICATION |
FORENSIC DENTISTRY |
Age Determination: Deciduous dentition - cmpeted at 3 years Fully erupted third molars (wisdom teeth) - 17 years Third molar root complete - > 22- 24 years Exceedingly difficult beyond age 20 years. |
Fingerprinting Pioneers: Faulds, Herschel, Galton (1892), Vucetich, Henry NCIC 1980's AFIS 1970's |
Anthropology Humerus Head: M > 47 mm, F < 43 mm Radial Head: M > 24 mm, F < 21 mm Femoral Head: M > 45 mm, F < 43 mm Antero-posterior curve of femur: White bowed forward, Black straighter, Mongoloid distal curve Anterior torsion of femur: White twisted, Black untwisted, Mongoloid very twisted |
Worst ID method: visual |