Forensic odontology : principles and practice / edited by Thomas J. David and James M. Lewis

Contributor(s):

David, Thomas J [editor., Forensic Odontology Consultant, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Division of Forensic Sciences, Decatur, GA, United States, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of General Dentistry, Forensic Dentistry Fellowship, The University of Tennessee, Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, United States.]
Lewis, James M. (Assistant professor of dentistry) [editor., Forensic Odontology Consultant, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Madison, AL, United States, Assistant Professor, Department of General Dentistry, Forensic Dentistry Fellowship, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, United States, Adjunct Faculty, Center for Education and Research in Forensics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Academic Press 2018Description: xvii, 320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780128051986 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

RA1062

Contents:

Forensic sciences and forensic identification / Scott Hahn, Melissa Mourges, Alexander Simpson -- History and scope of forensic odontology / Bruce A. Schrader -- Dental identification & radiographic pitfalls / Peter W. Loomis, Jacqueline S. Reid, Michael P. Tabor, Richard A. Weems -- Forensic dental photography / Mark L. Bernstein, Franklin D. Wright -- Disaster victim identification / Peter W. Loomis -- Missing and unidentified persons / James P. Fancher, Peter Hampl -- Domestic violence / John D. Melville, John D. McDowell -- Assessment of dental age / James M. Lewis, Kathleen A. Kasper -- Patterned injury analysis and bitemark comparison / Thomas J. David, James M. Lewis -- United States jurisprudence / Robert E. Barsley, Haskell M. Pitluck -- Expert witness guidelines & testimony / Thomas J. David, Robert E. Barsley -- Expert witness liabiility / Roger D. Metcalf, James A. Misselwitz -- Ethical issues in forensic science & forensic odontology / Robert E. Barsley, J.C. Upshaw Downs -- Forensic odontology related specialties / Craig O'Connor, Melissa Mourges, Murray K. Marks, Darinka Mileusnic-Polchan, Heather Walsh-Haney -- Educational outcomes / Edward E. Herschaft.

Summary: Forensic odontology, principles and practice details the aspects necessary to become an accomplished forensic odontologist, including an illustration of the skills necessary to become an expert witness. The book is ideal for both the experienced and novice forensic odontologist, covering many fields of expertise, including civil and criminal matters. The civil side involves standard of care and personal injury matters, while the criminal side involves not only dental identification, but management of mass fatality incidents, age assessment, child and elder abuse, and bitemark analysis.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Forensic sciences and forensic identification / Scott Hahn, Melissa Mourges, Alexander Simpson --
History and scope of forensic odontology / Bruce A. Schrader --
Dental identification & radiographic pitfalls / Peter W. Loomis, Jacqueline S. Reid, Michael P. Tabor, Richard A. Weems --
Forensic dental photography / Mark L. Bernstein, Franklin D. Wright --
Disaster victim identification / Peter W. Loomis --
Missing and unidentified persons / James P. Fancher, Peter Hampl --
Domestic violence / John D. Melville, John D. McDowell --
Assessment of dental age / James M. Lewis, Kathleen A. Kasper --
Patterned injury analysis and bitemark comparison / Thomas J. David, James M. Lewis --
United States jurisprudence / Robert E. Barsley, Haskell M. Pitluck --
Expert witness guidelines & testimony / Thomas J. David, Robert E. Barsley --
Expert witness liabiility / Roger D. Metcalf, James A. Misselwitz --
Ethical issues in forensic science & forensic odontology / Robert E. Barsley, J.C. Upshaw Downs --
Forensic odontology related specialties / Craig O'Connor, Melissa Mourges, Murray K. Marks, Darinka Mileusnic-Polchan, Heather Walsh-Haney --
Educational outcomes / Edward E. Herschaft.

Forensic odontology, principles and practice details the aspects necessary to become an accomplished forensic odontologist, including an illustration of the skills necessary to become an expert witness. The book is ideal for both the experienced and novice forensic odontologist, covering many fields of expertise, including civil and criminal matters. The civil side involves standard of care and personal injury matters, while the criminal side involves not only dental identification, but management of mass fatality incidents, age assessment, child and elder abuse, and bitemark analysis.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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