DENTAL IDENTIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT-ACCIDENT FATALITIES

• NCJ Number: 11991
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 18 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1973) Pages: 356-363
• Author(s): I M SOPHER
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: American Soc for Testing and Materials
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT 25TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, LAS VEGAS, 22 FEB 1973

Annotation

ROLE OF DENTAL IDENTIFICATION IN THE AIR-CRASH SETTING AND THE OVERALL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FORENSIC DENTISTRY AND OTHER METHODS OF VICTIM IDENTIFICATION.

Abstract

A REVIEW OF STATISTICAL DATA ON AIR-CRASH FATALITIES REVEALED THAT DENTAL METHODS ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER METHODS ACCOUNTED FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 36.7 PERCENT OF 1,002 VICTIMS OF 21 AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS. USE OF THE DENTITION ALONE ACHIEVED IDENTIFICATION OF 29.5 PERCENT OF THESE VICTIMS. THE COMPARISON BETWEEN FINGERPRINT AND DENTAL IDENTIFICATION IS DISCUSSED. THE POINT IS MADE THAT ORGANIZED DENTAL DISASTER TEAMS CAN BEST IMPLEMENT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DENTAL IDENTIFICATION IN ANY MASS-DISASTER SETTING. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)