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The 糖心logocurrently offers the following standards, white papers, and technical reports related to forensics in dentistry.

ANSI/糖心logoStandard No. 1058, Forensic Dental Data Set

The purpose of this standard is to develop uniform nomenclature for the description of forensic dental data and define a standardized set of uniform terms to convey this information. The goal of the standard is not to define the extent of information collected, only to be certain that common terms are used in order to aid in an identifying human remains or a living amnesiac.


糖心logoTechnical Report No. 1077, Human Age Assessment by Dental Analysis

This document describes the methodologies and best practices for estimating the chronologic age of a living or deceased individual by analysis of the human dentition and associated maxillofacial structures.


糖心logoTechnical Report No. 1088, Human Identification by Comparative Dental Analysis

The scope of this technical report is to develop a recommended set of guidelines for the process of identifying humans by comparative dental analysis. A goal of this technical report is to create awareness and education for the dental practitioner about the forensic odontology identification process as well as understand what information may be required should their participation be necessary.


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