SCENARIO 4

ODONTOLOGY FORENSIC

TOPIC

DIFFICULT WORDS
DVI:
is a procedure to identify the
victim of disaster or terrorism that
responsible with DVIs guide lines.
DVI: Disaster Victim Identification

Inter-professional approach:
expert in the field work

QUESTIONS
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What are the types of forensic?

What is the definition of odontology forensic?
What are the functions of odontology forensic?
What are the main method of identification?
Why does the identification need teeth for
identification process?
What are the identification standards of DVI?
What are the procedures of DVI?
How to determine positive identification?
What are the experts that include in DVI?

10.What is the definition of open and

close disaster?
11.What are the type of disaster?
12.What are the types of evidence?
13.What are the classifications of bite
mark?

1. What are the types of forensic?

Forensic accounting
Forensic archeology: archeologist and anthropologist
that get evidence from humans remain, drugs, guns
Forensic dentistry: forensic medicine concern with
examination of teeth in the cases when the victims
cant be identified by conventional means.
Forensic ethomology: the study of insects. It provides
more information about crime and crime scenes.
Forensic graphology: the study of hand writing. And
its used to identify a persons state of mind in the
time of writing.
Forensic medicine: it used if a body is found with no
visible sign of injury.

 Forensic pathology: its involved discovering the

cause of death especially the cases where it is
sudden.
Forensic psychology: its trying to piece together
why an individual would commit suicide or crime.
Forensic science: it means by which fingerprints,
fibers, DNA, and body liquids can be collected
and examine.
Forensic toxicology: it deals with the investigation
of toxic substances or poisonous products.

2. What is the definition of

odontology forensic?
Is the application of dental knowledge to the
criminal and civil law that enforced by police
agency in a criminal justice system.
Identification of victims using part of teeth
and the characteristic of teeth by matching
the ante mortem data and post mortem data.
Ante mortem data: data which collected before
the victim was die. E.g. medical record
Post mortem data: data which collected after the
victim is die. E.g. properties that found wore by
the victims

 Its relating the application of

scientific methods and techniques to
the remain teeth or saliva for
investigation of crime.
Mainly involved the identification of
an assailant by comparing a record
of the set of teeth with a record of a
bite mark left on a victim.

3. What are the functions of

odontology forensic?
To identify the victims by looking the
characteristic of teeth.
To identify human remain that cant be identified
using face recognition, fingerprints, or other
remain.
To determine the source of bite mark injuries.
To estimate the age of skeletal remain.
To testify in cases of dental malpractice.
to estimate age, type of blood, life style, race,
and gender.
As an evidence in court of law.

4. What are the main method of

identification?
Simple method (secondary identifier):
Visual
Photograph
Documentation (KTP/ID card)

Scientific method (primary identifier)

more accurate than the simple method.
Serology
Fingerprints
DNA
Medical and dental record

5. Why does the identification need

teeth for identification process?
Because the teeth has the enamel, which enamel is
the hardest part of the body and cant be burn in 600
degree celsius.
Because teeth are attached in maxilla and mandible
and protected by surrounding tissues and cheek. If the
victim is burn, the teeth will be attached so strong to
its socket, while if the victim is drowned the teeth
wont be attached as strong as it used to before.
Because its hard to be composed
Each bite mark, saliva, teeth is different and unique
one to another (1:2 billions)
From teeth we can know the type of blood of a person.

6. What are the identification

standards of DVI?
Post mortem data
Primary: fingerprints, DNA, etc
Secondary: medical and property that
was wore by the victim.

7. What are the procedures of DVI?

Use DVI form

Based on SOP an MOU
Adjust the crime scene
Phase of DVI process:
Crime scene the forensic will identify the place
Ante mortem
Post mortem
Reconciliation comparing the ante and post
mortem data
Debriefing to evaluate the result

8. How to determine positive

identification?
If DVI team could identify the victim
with one primary identifier with or
without secondary identifier
If the DVI team could identify the
victim with minimum of 2 secondary
identifier.

9. What are the experts that include

in DVI?

Police include in POLRI

Department of Health
Medical and dental university
Other experts (administrator,
forensic doctor and dentist, experts
in bio molecular and fingerprints)

10. What is the definition of open

and close disaster?
Open disaster: is more difficult to
identify the victims. If the sum of the
victims are unknown. E.g.
earthquake in Bantul, accident of
Hercules plane crash in Medan
Close disaster: is easier to identify
the victim, because it involved the
people in that region only. If the sum
of the victims are known. E.g.
accident of Garuda Indonesia plane

11. What are the type of disaster?

Natural disaster: earthquake,
tsunami, and flood
Unnatural disaster: negligence (e.g.
the collapse of a building, bus and
train crash)
Man-made disaster: terrorism, hijack

12. What are the types of evidence?

Based on the condition of the
evidence
Varying based on the crime scene
(e.g. knife, blood splatter, livor
mortis)

13. What are the classifications of

bite mark?

Hemorrhage
Incision
Abrasion
Artefak

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bite-marks.
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What is autopsy?
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