ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 September 1987
Page Count: 10

Ultraviolet Photography: Bite Marks on Human Skin and Suggested Technique for the Exposure and Development of Reflective Ultraviolet Photography
Billings, JD
Certified photographic consultant, MS

Frair, J
Assistant professor, University of Southern Mississippi, MS

West, MH
Deputy medical examiner and investigator, Forrest County, and Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Odontology, MS

(Received 9 April 1986; accepted 20 January 1987)

Abstract

This project is an attempt to standardize a technique for ultraviolet (UV) photography of bite marks on human skin. It also deals with a technique for producing clinical bite marks on living human subjects and a review of the equipment, lighting source, scanning technique, filters, films, and recommended camera exposures and film development for reflective UV photographs for bite marks on human skin.

Keywords:
odontology, bite marks, skin, photography, ultraviolet photography

Paper ID: JFS11171J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11171J
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