2nd Edition

Forensic Dentistry

Edited By David R. Senn, Paul G. Stimson Copyright 2010
470 Pages 31 Color & 160 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

470 Pages 31 Color & 160 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

470 Pages 31 Color & 160 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The identification of unknown individuals and the estimation of age, race, and gender are among the chief functions of forensic dentistry. Other important applications include the investigation and analysis of bitemarks and oral injuries in abuse cases and evaluating, reporting, and testifying in civil litigation cases. Twelve years after the benchmark first edition of this book explored these... Read more

Science, the Law, and Forensic Identification, C. J. Plourd

History of Forensic Dentistry, P. C. Brumit and P. G. Stimson

Scope of Forensic Odontology, B. A. Schrader and D. R. Senn

Death Investigation Systems, R. E. Frost

Forensic Medicine and Human Identification, D. K. Molina

Fingerprints and Human Identification, A. J. Uhle

DNA and DNA Evidence, B. C. Smith and D. Sweet, O.C.

Forensic Anthropology, H. Gill-King

Forensic Dental Identification, M. P. Tabor and B. A. Schrader

Forensic Dental Radiography, R. A. Weems

Forensic Dental Photography, F. D. Wright and G. S. Golden

Dental Identification in Multiple Fatality Incidents, B. Chrz

Age Estimation from Oral and Dental Structures, E. F. Harris, H. H. Mincer, K. M. Anderson, and D. R. Senn

Bitemarks, D. R. Senn and R. R. Souviron

Abuse: The Role of Forensic Dentists, J. D. McDowell

Jurisprudence and Legal Issues, R. E. Barsley, T. J. David, and H. M. Pitluck

Evidence Management, S. Hahn

Future of Forensic Dentistry, D. R. Senn and P. G. Stimson

Appendix: U.S. Federal and State Court Cases of Interest in Forensic Odontology, Compiled by H. M. Pitluck and R. E. Barsley

Index

Biography

David R. Senn, D.D.S., attended the University of Texas in Austin and received his dental degree from the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston. He is director, Center for Education and Research in Forensics; director, Fellowship in Forensic Odontology; and director, Southwest Symposium on Forensic Dentistry. He is also a forensic odontology consultant and chief forensic odontologist for the Bexar County (Texas) Medical Examiner’s Office.

Paul G. Stimson, D.D.S., M.S., is a graduate of Loyola University Dental School and has an M.S. degree in general pathology from the University of Chicago. He is an emeritus professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston. He is a registered emeritus diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and an active diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Odontology.