Validation of dental radiographs for human identification.
Visual comparison of dental bitewing radiographs in simulated forensic identification, using observers of varying degrees of experience and radiographs with a range of time intervals from one to fifteen years showed an accuracy of 93%.
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Division of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D016300:Radiography, Bitewing; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity