title: [Bite mark analysis. Part 1. Methods and overview].
abstract: Criminal cases in which a suspect or a victim has left his or her teeth marks on another person or on an inanimate object such as a candy bar, an apple, cheese or even a beer can seem to occur more frequently. Testifying to the similarity or dissimilarity of a suspect's dentition to the bite mark in question is probably the most unique contribution that forensic dentistry makes to the judicial inquiry. This is a grave responsibility because a defendant's life or freedom may depend on the testimony given by the forensic odontologist in court.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Valck
mesh_terms: D001734:Bites, Human / Q000473:pathology*; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D003765:Models, Dental; D009426:Netherlands; D011336:Probability