Aim: This study investigated the use of dental arch examination as a forensic technique for body ... more Aim: This study investigated the use of dental arch examination as a forensic technique for body identification at the Institute of Forensic Medicine (IML, acronym in Portuguese) of Pelotas (RS), a city located in the South of Brazil. Methods: The data collected for the study referred to the period between 2004 and 2006, when a forensic dentist was part of the IML staff. The post-mortem records with regard to the entry of unidentified bodies that had under gone dental identification by the forensic dentists were analyzed quantitatively. Results: Ten unidentified bodies entered the IML and all of them were submitted to dental arch examination for body identification. However, the conclusive identification was based on the analysis of DNA, because the victims’ dental records were not accurate, complete and updated. Only five assessed bodies had been referred from Pelotas police station, two from Pedro Osorio police station, one from Capao do Leao police station, one from Arroio Grande...
Vivemos, atualmente, em uma sociedade repleta de tecnologia e sistemas digitais e, em busca de um... more Vivemos, atualmente, em uma sociedade repleta de tecnologia e sistemas digitais e, em busca de um mecanismo comple-mentar de ensino, foi criada a Teleo-dontologia, com intuito de colaborar e proporcionar melhores condições e novos ambientes para o ensino. O objetivo deste artigo é demonstrar a importância da ferramenta Teleodontologia e como a área de Odontologia Legal da FORP/USP tem utilizado dessa plataforma virtual como recurso no processo ensino-aprendizagem. A FORP/USP possui um Polo de Odontologia Digital Aplicada à Educação, que oferece e desenvolve as condições operacionais para docentes e discentes, objetivando auxiliar o ensino e o apren-dizado dos alunos, tanto da graduação como pós-graduação e serviços de extensão, utilizando o meio digital como instrumento pedagógico. Entre as diversas ferramentas a Teleodontologia, um Sistema Interativo de Apoio ao Ensino e ao Aprendizado, tem como principal missão oferecer instrumentos pedagógicos virtuais, o qual é descrito neste re...
Journal of forensic and legal medicine, Jan 4, 2017
Age estimation is important to set an anthropological profile in human remains, as well as in leg... more Age estimation is important to set an anthropological profile in human remains, as well as in legal issues where the suspect or victim doesn't have documents that prove the real age. The age estimation, in adults, is a challenge, and it can be analyzed through some dental stages. This study aimed to test Olze's method in a Brazilian sample composed by adults, aged between 20 and 70 years old, both sex. For experiments, 306 orthopantomography from Brazilian individuals between 20 and 70 years were selected. The dental involution through four different dental parameters were classified and the correlation between chronological age and the estimated age was examined by means of a multiple regression analysis. The results showed that up to 41 years old, the correlation between real age and the interval obtained was considered strongly positive (R = 0.8-1), and the percentage of matching was 78.78% for men and 71.21% for women. From 42 years old up, the correlation between real a...
Desde 1932, a inclusão obrigatória da Odontologia Legal no currículo das faculdades de odontologi... more Desde 1932, a inclusão obrigatória da Odontologia Legal no currículo das faculdades de odontologia no Brasil contribuiu para a disseminação desta ciência entre os estudantes de odontologia. Infelizmente, esses profissionais, por vezes, não acham este assunto relevante e apenas se preocupam com o assunto quando enfrentam um problema na área judicial. Este trabalho tem como objetivo relatar as rotinas, procedimentos e funções de um Posto Médico Legal, em Pelotas, cidade do sul do Brasil, porque estas situações são geralmente desconhecidas pelos cirurgiões-dentistas e este contato e conhecimento são importantes para que eles tenham uma compreensão mais precisa do trabalho do perito odonto-legista. Diferentes métodos de identificação humana (exames de arcada dentária, rugae palatal e extrações de dentes para o exame de DNA da polpa dentária) são de responsabilidade do dentista forense. Além disso, o juiz pode nomear o dentista que faz o trabalho na área cível, criminal, trabalhista e ad...
Many anthropological studies have shown that sex can be determined using the human skeleton, espe... more Many anthropological studies have shown that sex can be determined using the human skeleton, especially by examining the pelvis and skull. The aim of this study was to verify the presence of sexual dimorphism in the Brazilian population by craniometric analysis; to identify the most reliable measurements and to propose a discriminant function for sex determination. The selected sample was composed of 100 adult skulls, 50 male and 50 female, from Cuiabá city, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Of all the measurements taken, only the difference between the bi-euryon distances has proven insignificant, while themost dimorphic measure was the bi-zygomatic diameter. A discriminant function was obtained by applying the bi-zygomatic and the basion-lambda measurements, with a confidence level of 72%. The authors concluded that most of the traits analyzed are sexually dimorphic and the discriminant function elaborated is reliable for sex determination in human identification for forensic purposes.
Aim: This study investigated the use of dental arch examination as a forensic technique for body ... more Aim: This study investigated the use of dental arch examination as a forensic technique for body identification at the Institute of Forensic Medicine (IML, acronym in Portuguese) of Pelotas (RS), a city located in the South of Brazil. Methods: The data collected for the study referred to the period between 2004 and 2006, when a forensic dentist was part of the IML staff. The post-mortem records with regard to the entry of unidentified bodies that had under gone dental identification by the forensic dentists were analyzed quantitatively. Results: Ten unidentified bodies entered the IML and all of them were submitted to dental arch examination for body identification. However, the conclusive identification was based on the analysis of DNA, because the victims’ dental records were not accurate, complete and updated. Only five assessed bodies had been referred from Pelotas police station, two from Pedro Osorio police station, one from Capao do Leao police station, one from Arroio Grande...
Vivemos, atualmente, em uma sociedade repleta de tecnologia e sistemas digitais e, em busca de um... more Vivemos, atualmente, em uma sociedade repleta de tecnologia e sistemas digitais e, em busca de um mecanismo comple-mentar de ensino, foi criada a Teleo-dontologia, com intuito de colaborar e proporcionar melhores condições e novos ambientes para o ensino. O objetivo deste artigo é demonstrar a importância da ferramenta Teleodontologia e como a área de Odontologia Legal da FORP/USP tem utilizado dessa plataforma virtual como recurso no processo ensino-aprendizagem. A FORP/USP possui um Polo de Odontologia Digital Aplicada à Educação, que oferece e desenvolve as condições operacionais para docentes e discentes, objetivando auxiliar o ensino e o apren-dizado dos alunos, tanto da graduação como pós-graduação e serviços de extensão, utilizando o meio digital como instrumento pedagógico. Entre as diversas ferramentas a Teleodontologia, um Sistema Interativo de Apoio ao Ensino e ao Aprendizado, tem como principal missão oferecer instrumentos pedagógicos virtuais, o qual é descrito neste re...
Journal of forensic and legal medicine, Jan 4, 2017
Age estimation is important to set an anthropological profile in human remains, as well as in leg... more Age estimation is important to set an anthropological profile in human remains, as well as in legal issues where the suspect or victim doesn't have documents that prove the real age. The age estimation, in adults, is a challenge, and it can be analyzed through some dental stages. This study aimed to test Olze's method in a Brazilian sample composed by adults, aged between 20 and 70 years old, both sex. For experiments, 306 orthopantomography from Brazilian individuals between 20 and 70 years were selected. The dental involution through four different dental parameters were classified and the correlation between chronological age and the estimated age was examined by means of a multiple regression analysis. The results showed that up to 41 years old, the correlation between real age and the interval obtained was considered strongly positive (R = 0.8-1), and the percentage of matching was 78.78% for men and 71.21% for women. From 42 years old up, the correlation between real a...
Desde 1932, a inclusão obrigatória da Odontologia Legal no currículo das faculdades de odontologi... more Desde 1932, a inclusão obrigatória da Odontologia Legal no currículo das faculdades de odontologia no Brasil contribuiu para a disseminação desta ciência entre os estudantes de odontologia. Infelizmente, esses profissionais, por vezes, não acham este assunto relevante e apenas se preocupam com o assunto quando enfrentam um problema na área judicial. Este trabalho tem como objetivo relatar as rotinas, procedimentos e funções de um Posto Médico Legal, em Pelotas, cidade do sul do Brasil, porque estas situações são geralmente desconhecidas pelos cirurgiões-dentistas e este contato e conhecimento são importantes para que eles tenham uma compreensão mais precisa do trabalho do perito odonto-legista. Diferentes métodos de identificação humana (exames de arcada dentária, rugae palatal e extrações de dentes para o exame de DNA da polpa dentária) são de responsabilidade do dentista forense. Além disso, o juiz pode nomear o dentista que faz o trabalho na área cível, criminal, trabalhista e ad...
Many anthropological studies have shown that sex can be determined using the human skeleton, espe... more Many anthropological studies have shown that sex can be determined using the human skeleton, especially by examining the pelvis and skull. The aim of this study was to verify the presence of sexual dimorphism in the Brazilian population by craniometric analysis; to identify the most reliable measurements and to propose a discriminant function for sex determination. The selected sample was composed of 100 adult skulls, 50 male and 50 female, from Cuiabá city, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Of all the measurements taken, only the difference between the bi-euryon distances has proven insignificant, while themost dimorphic measure was the bi-zygomatic diameter. A discriminant function was obtained by applying the bi-zygomatic and the basion-lambda measurements, with a confidence level of 72%. The authors concluded that most of the traits analyzed are sexually dimorphic and the discriminant function elaborated is reliable for sex determination in human identification for forensic purposes.
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