ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

Postmortem Examination of Incinerated Teeth with the Scanning Electron Microscope
Barsley, RE
Associate professor of oral diagnosis, medicine, and radiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, School of Dentistry, LA

Carr, RF
Associate professor of pathology and oral pathology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, LA

Davenport, WD
Associate professor of oral pathology and anatomy, Louisiana State University Medical Center, LA

(Received 2 April 1985; accepted 31 May 1985)

Abstract

Fragments recovered from the burned wreckage of a gasoline truck and thought to be parts of teeth were confirmed as such after they were examined with a scanning electron microscope. The appearance of the fragments was compared with previously published descriptions of teeth which had been incinerated under laboratory conditions and also examined by scanning electron microscopy.

Keywords:
odontology, microscopy, dentition, fires

Paper ID: JFS11888J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11888J
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