ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 4

Computed Dental Radiography Used to Reproduce Antemortem Film Position
Hubar, JS
Associate professor, Medicine and Radiology, Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, LA

Carr, RF
Professor, Louisiana State University Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, LA

(Received 25 June 1998; accepted 17 August 1998)

Abstract

Visual comparison of conventional antemortem and postmortem dental radiographs is often included in forensic identification. Ten forensic cases employing dry mandibular and maxillary bones and a dry study skull were exposed using the CDR digital dental X-ray system developed by Schick Technologies, Inc. Exposures of 0.08 s at 10 mA and 70 kVp were taken with an INTREX intraoral dental X-ray unit. Digital radiography has the ability to produce an image instantaneously, allowing an operator to retake an incorrectly aligned radiograph almost immediately. It gives the forensic scientist a simplified method for reproducing antemortem radiographic position more efficiently and often with greater accuracy than conventional radiography.

Keywords:
forensic science, forensic odontology, computed dental radiography, digital radiology

Paper ID: JFS14473J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14473J
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