Forensic Dentistry

Question 1

Best AM record?

Answer 1

Radiographs

Question 2

Name two dental features of Mongoloid races?

Answer 2

1. Shovel shaped upper centralk incisors

2. Occlusal enamel pearls in premolars and on roots of teeth

Question 3

Name two dental features in caucasian races?

Answer 3

1. Lateral incisors in upper jaw, smaller than central

2. Carabelli’s cusp: small additional cusp at mesio palatal line angle of maxillary first molars

Question 4

Age estimation in children:

Answer 4

1. Tooth eruption

2. Tooth development/minerlisation

Question 5

Age estimation in adults:

Answer 5

Gustafson
Root transparency
Cementum
Tooth wear
Dentine/pulp ratios
3rd molar