A comparative study of three commonly used two-dimensional overlay generation methods in bite mark analysis.

Autor: Pajnigara NG; Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, VSPM Dental College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India., Balpande AS; Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, VSPM Dental College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India., Motwani MB; Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, VSPM Dental College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India., Choudhary A; Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, VSPM Dental College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India., Thakur S; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, VSPM DCRC, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India., Pajnigara NG; Department of Periodontics and Implantology, VSPM Dental College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFP [J Oral Maxillofac Pathol] 2017 Sep-Dec; Vol. 21 (3), pp. 442-446.
DOI: 10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_155_15
Abstrakt: Aim: The present study attempts to compare the bite mark overlays generated by three different methods. The objectives of the study were to compare the three commonly used techniques for overlay generation and to evaluate the interobserver reliability in assessing bite marks by these methods.
Materials and Methods: Overlays were produced from the biting surfaces of six upper and six lower anterior teeth of 30 dental study models using the following three methods: (a) Hand tracing from wax impressions, (b) radiopaque impression method and (c) computer-based method.
Results: The computer-based method was found to be the most accurate method. Of the two hand tracing methods, radiopaque wax impression method was better than the wax impression method for overlay generation.
Conclusions: It is recommended that forensic odontologists use computerized method, but the use of hand tracing overlays in bite mark comparison cases using radiopaque wax impression method can also be done where sophisticated software and trained persons in forensic odontology are not available.
Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest.
Databáze: MEDLINE