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A dentist as a member of forensic medical team

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Dorota Lorkiewicz-Muszyńska, Agnieszka Przystańska, Mariusz Glapiński, Marzena Łabęcka



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Fraza do cytowania: Lorkiewicz-Muszyńska D., Przystańska A., Glapiński M., Łabęcka M. A dentist as a member of forensic medical team. Dental Forum. 2013;XLI(1):101–104.

In the Polish medico-legal system, the participation of dental practitioner in forensic medical teams is incidental and limited mostly to acting as experts in particular cases. Unlike many other countries, there are no professional forensic odontologists in Poland. Therefore the dentist, usually selected from university staff or an another company cooperating with forensic medicine department or another expert and is not always experienced enough to be involved in activities of medico-legal team. Furthermore, the dentist’s engagement is often the result of non-clinical interests. Among the tasks of a dentist working as a member of forensic medical team are opinions in civil and criminal cases, identification of human remains and victims of disasters by dental means, bite marks analysis, and dental age estimation. As concluded from our previous experience, the dentist is also necessary for reading and interpreting the dental records used in medico-legal practice.

Key words: forensic odontology, human identification, medical jurisprudence.





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