title: Forensic odontology: a global activity.
abstract: Forensic odontology is an important and expanding field of dentistry. The application of these forensic techniques in identification, criminal justice and dental liability are being practiced worldwide. In some mass disaster events, notably large commercial aircraft crashes, the traumatic forces are such that fragmentation and conflagration result in only the most durable of human tissues-dentition survive and become a potential source of identification.
authors.affiliation: Delta Dental Plan of California's DentiCal Division, USA.
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gould
mesh_terms: D001734:Bites, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002140:California; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D023861:Photography, Dental