IDENTIFICATION & COMPARISON OF BITE
MARKS BACKGROUND: It is of great challenge in
forensic dentistry to analyze the human bite marks. As
courts always placed emphasis on a scientific approach
when presenting expert evidence, the Oral &
Maxillofacial surgeons being considered the preferred
one’s must have a good knowledge and understanding of
importance of scientific methods in analysis of Human
bite mark to provide courts with testable evidence.
AIM: Analyze the different human bite marks & pattern
on tooth morphology as a part of forensic odontology.
MATERIALS & METHODS - The study was conducted
on 100 adult participants in RDC, Kanpur between July
2021 and August 2021. Participants from OPD of
Department of OMFS. Bite mark with impression wax
was taken along with Intra-Oral pictures. Comparison of
different bite mark was done.
RESULT – Mesio-Distal width mean was calculated
among 100 individuals for Maxillary and Mandibular
arch of Male and Female for Rt Central Incisor, Lateral
Incisor, Inter Central Incisor, Inter Lateral Incisor, and
Inter Canine respectively. Non-human and human bite
marks, as well as offensive and defensive bite types, can
all be broadly categorized as bite marks. These include
diffused bite marks, which have few characteristics and
lack individual characteristics, single arch bites, or
partial bite marks, which have some individual and some
class characteristics, and lastly bite marks that combine
both individual and some class characteristics.
CONCLUSION: This study was targeted towards
increasing the understanding and ability of Oral &
Maxillofacial surgeon to support forensic dental
investigators in their work to do bite mark analysis of
Humanbite mark.
Keywords :
Bite mark, tooth morphology, forensic investigation