title: The relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialties in the articles published in the Journal of Forensic odonto-stomatology from 2005 to 2012.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is a paucity of information about the relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialties in the articles published in the Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology. This study aimed to find the relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialties in the articles published in the Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology from 2005 to 2012 over an 8-year period.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bibliometric analysis was performed using web-based search during December 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of the total 97 published articles, the maximum number of published articles were related to oral medicine and radiology (20) and community dentistry (20), followed by orthodontics (18), prosthodontics (15), and oral pathology and microbiology (8), pedodontics (7), oral and maxillofacial surgery (4) and conservative dentistry and endodontics (3). Among the articles published in Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology, mass disasters (10) and bite mark analysis (10), followed by sexual dimorphism (8) and dental fraud and malpractice (8), followed by craniofacial superimposition (6) and identification (6) form the major attraction of the contributors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This paper has tried to evaluate the new working classification proposed for forensic odontology based on its relationship with other dental specialties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Government Taluk Head Quarters Hospital, Malappuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Thorakkal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shamim
keywords: Dental specialties; Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology; forensic odontology; relationship