[Difficulty of getting correct dental findings for a doctor of medicine: deciduous molars found in a 16-year-old female].
The first victim of four serial murders occurring in Hiroshima in 1996 was an unidentified young female when she was found. In the lower jaw, the left and right deciduous second molars were identified, and the left and right permanent second premolars were revealed to be congenitally defective by X-ray examination. Comparison of the dental findings and study model after death with those before death identified the victim as a 16-year old female.
Department of Legal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Kojima
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Maeda
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Iwasaki
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Yashiki
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Namera
D000293:Adolescent; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003792:Dental Records; D005260:Female; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D003765:Models, Dental; D008963:Molar / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*