title: Dental identification of fire victims.
abstract: In a recent review of 100 cases of dental identification, 60 were involved with fire. This figure excluded 3 air crashes in which 120 victims died, and in which fire was of a minimal consideration. This preponderance of burn cases prompted some observations and some queries, relative to fire, their type, temperatures and durations. Burn cases present a fund of useful knowledge in identification purposes.
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns; D003722:Dental Alloys; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D003782:Dental Pulp; D005390:Fires; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003722:Dental Alloys; D003723:Dental Amalgam