Dental identification methods

Forensic odontology is a branch that connects dentistry and the legal profession. Humans have an identity in life; compassionate societies desire that this identity be established and recognised even after death. The need for personal identification is becoming increasingly important in modern life and regardless of the method used is ubiquitous in daily lives. We dentists can contribute to personal identification through several simple methods. The dental identification methods using comparative methods offer highly reliable means of establishing the identity of a person. But there is a huge limitation in the form of missing ante-mortem records, even if they are present there is a deficiency in the standardisation and constant update of the same. Hence the need of the hour is to create centralised dental records database.