Manual of Forensic Odontology, Fifth Edition

451 Pages·2013·14.818 MB·English

by  David R. Senn, Richard A. Weems

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The manual has been an important source of forensic dentistry information for more than 20 years. This new
edition is edited by a past president of the American Board of Forensic Odontology and a past Chair of the
Odontology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Expanded and enhanced with extensive
color illustrations, this volume is designed to provide essential information based on sound scientific principles
for experienced forensic odontologists and for those new to the discipline.
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Fifth Edition
Manual of
FORENSIC
ODONTOLOGY

Fifth Edition
Manual of
FORENSIC
ODONTOLOGY
Edited by
David R. Senn
Richard A. Weems
A Publication of the
American Society of Forensic Odontology
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Contents
Foreword vii
Preface ix
Editors xi
Contributors xiii
1 History of Forensic Odontology 1
BARRY E. LIPTON, DENISE C. MURMANN, AND EDWARD J. PAVLIK
2 Forensic Pathology 41
GARY T. SIMMONS
3 Science and Forensic Odontology 61
MARY A. BUSH AND VERONIQUE F. DELATTRE
4 Dental Identification 75
GARY M. BERMAN, MARY A. BUSH, PETER J. BUSH,
ADAM J. FREEMAN, PETER W. LOOMIS, AND RAYMOND G. MILLER
5 Dental, Oral, and Maxillofacial Radiographic Features
of Forensic Interest 129
ROBERT A. DANFORTH, EDWARD E. HERSCHAFT,
AND RICHARD A. WEEMS
6 Disaster Victim Identification 159
GARY M. BERMAN, BRYAN CHRZ, LILLIAN A. NAWROCKI,
KENNETH P. HERMSEN, RAYMOND G. MILLER,
AND RICHARD A. WEEMS
7 Missing and Unidentified Persons 193
STEPHANIE A. KAVANAUGH AND JOHN E. FILIPPI
8 Dental Age Estimation 211
JAMES M. LEWIS AND DAVID R. SENN
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9 Bitemarks 257
JON CURTIS DAILEY, GREGORY S. GOLDEN, DAVID R. SENN,
AND FRANKLIN D. WRIGHT
10 Animal Bitemarks 325
KENNETH F. COHRN
11 Abuse and Violence 355
JOHN P. KENNEY, JOHN D. MCDOWELL, AND
DUANE E. SPENCER
12 Jurisprudence and Expert Witness Testimony 377
ROBERT E. BARSLEY, THOMAS J. DAVID, AND
ROGER D. METCALF
13 Organized Forensic Dentistry 397
ADAM J. FREEMAN AND BRUCE A. SCHRADER
14 Becoming Involved in Forensic Odontology 405
KATHLEEN A. KASPER AND DENISE C. MURMANN
Appendix A: Educational Outcomes and Objectives 423
EDWARD E. HERSCHAFT
Appendix B: Presidents: American Society of Forensic
Odontology 431
Foreword
In 1980, the Forensic Odontology Workbook was published as a three-hole punched, loose
leaf binder. Dr. Bob Siegel and I created this workbook in the spirit of sharing our collec-
tive knowledge with the emerging forensic community. The book covered procedures in
bitemark analysis, preservation of the chain of evidence, and courtroom procedures, as
well as the identification of individuals through forensic odontology, age determination,
mass disaster procedures, dental disaster teams, and dental photography and radiography
procedures.
The stimulus for writing the workbook came from our involvement in the crash of
Pacific Southwest Airlines after a mid air collision with a private plane over San Diego in
1978. At the time, it was the worst air disaster in the United States. Of the 144 passengers
and crew who perished, most were identified by dental comparison.
Since those early years, I have had the pleasure of contributing to each subsequent
manual edition. With each new edition, procedures and practices have been updated as forensic
odontology has grown and developed. The second edition (renamed the Manual of Forensic
Odontology) was published as a bound book in 1991. The third edition followed in 1997 and
the fourth edition in 2006. Credit is due to the editors of those books, Drs. Marden Alder,
David Averill, Gary Bell, Michael Bowers, Edward Herschaft, David Ord, Raymond Rawson,
and Steven Smith.
Much has transpired in the 32 years since that first edition. This new edition provides
updates to the knowledge and procedures that were discussed in the preceding editions
and is a compilation of the current state of the science. It is written by some of the most
knowledgeable and experienced contributors in the field of odontology who bring years of
practical experience to the project.
As a past-president of the American Society of Forensic Odontology, it has been a
pleasure to have been involved from the beginning. Many other past-presidents have now
passed on and we all miss them. The opportunity to write this foreword for the Manual of
Forensic Odontology, Fifth Edition, is not only a pleasure but an honor. I sincerely thank the
editors for the opportunity to reflect and to summarize from whence we came!
Norman D. (Skip) Sperber, DDS, D-ABFO
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