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Forensic Densitry is defined as?
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The branch of forensic medcine that applies dental knowledge to civil and criminal problems.
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Areas of Forensic Dentristry?
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1. Dental identification. 2. Bite mark analysis. 3. Human abuse and neglect. 4. Dental Malpractice and Negligence. 5.Dental Anthropology and Archaeology.
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What is the purpose of Forensic Densistry?
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1. Identification of Armed forces personnel as well as civilians. 2. Estate, Insurance, Legal, and Psychological considerations. 3. Manpower and Intelligence.
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How long is it be fore a person can be decleard legally dead?
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7 years.
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What is the most common method of identification?
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Visual.
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What are the drawbacks to Visual ID?
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In cases of Fire, Illness, Decomposition or Water Immersion.
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What is an unreliable means of ID in a Medico-Legal death investigation?
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Visual ID.
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This type of Identification requires matching of Postmortem radiographs with raidographs that were taken befor death.
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Identification of Skeletal Remains.
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Of all the methods of ID, What type is best known?
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FINGERPRINTS
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What type of technology is fairly new, and may replace dental identification and fingerprint identification as the most definitive means of ID?
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DNA Analysis OR DNA Fingerprinting.
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What are the two types of definitive posittive ID?
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Fingerprints and Dental ID
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Teeth can be destroyed by temperatures greater than?
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1000 degrees F, unprotected by the teeth and lips.
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What materials used on teeth can with stand 1600 degrees F?
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Gold Silver Amalgam Fused Porcelain Synthetic Porcelain Porcelain Dentures
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What is the most commonly used restorative material?
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Silver Amalgam.
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Discrepancies may be classified as?
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Relative and Absolute.
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What is a relative discrepancy
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Differences between the ante and postmorten findings which can be explained by continued dental treatment.
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What is an absolute inconsistency?
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Differences between the ante and postmortem findings that are impossible and prove the remains cannot be those of the individual in question.
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What are the four categories in a radiographic comparison?
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Exact Match Similarity Relative Discrepancy Absolute Inconsistency
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What is the last and most important step in the Dental ID process?
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Classification
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What are the five classifications used to establish Identity?
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Positive ID Positive ID by Charting Only Consistent With Exclusion Unidentified.
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What are the bacis steps in Forensic Dental Identification?
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1. Postmortem Examination and charting 2. Antemortem Record Acquisition and Record Reconstruction. 3. Ante and Postmortem record comparison.
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What plays a critical role in the process of identifying unknown human remains?
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Dental Radiology.
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How long does it take to expose a complete set of postmortem raidographs?
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20 minutes
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Charting is done in?
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Pen.
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What is the software used in the role of Dental ID?
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CAPMI Computer Assisted Postmortem Identification.
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NAVEDTRA 14275 Dental Technician Volume II Ch 10
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NAVEDTRA 14275 Dental Technician Volume II Ch 10
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