Journal Published Online: 01 January 1999
Volume 44, Issue 1

Problems in Mass-Disaster Dental Identification: A Retrospective Review

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

A wide variety of problems may prevent or hinder a dental-identification (ID) team in its efforts to identify mass casualties. Since these problems have been infrequently reported in a comprehensive manner, the authors identified and summarized these problems to increase the awareness of dental-ID team members and to prepare them for future mass-disaster missions. The authors analyzed 50 mass disasters—ten in which the authors as members of military dental ID teams played a major role and 40 from the literature—and summarized problems that they confronted.

Author Information

Brannon, RB
Louisana State University School of Dentistry, New Orleans, LA
Kessler, HP
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC
Pages: 5
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Stock #: JFS14423J
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14423J