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Dental records?
When a body is completely decomposed and authorities only have dental records to determine identity where do they get the dental records? Are dental records submitted to some type of national database? How do authorities know which dentist you go to say if they find your body in North Dakota and you live in Utah? What if there are no dental records available to determine your identity? Then what?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Generally LE will start looking at missing person files from their jurisdiction and then moving outwards. During the autopsy they will be able to determine approximate age, height, and weight as well as sex. They may also be able to determine what type of clothing they had on, possible hair color and any items that are unusual. They will use all these to narrow down the list of missing persons. Once they narrow it down, they will attempt to locate family members. Once they contact family then they will determine what dentist was used and then get records for them to attempt to ID the victim. If there are no Dental Records then they will attempt to extract DNA from the body and they can try and match it with family members such as parents, children or siblings. If there is still not a match they will be considered John/Jane Doe until there is a break in the case.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Teeth say a lot about a person, they are like a fingerprint. Your age is instantly clear from your teeth.
Other things are more subtle. Subtances which you have consumed over time are slowly absorbed into your teeth. This gives an indicator of what water district you might be from.
The more educated you are, the more you tend to care for your teeth and gums. The poor tend not to floss; the well-educated know about gum disease and subsequent bone loss.
All this is available without even getting the patient's file. If you have something VERY obvious, such as dental crowns, surgeries, cavities, tooth loss, then you can compare these specifics to a dental file and quickly eliminate millions of possible patients.
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