McGill University’s forensic dentistry program presents a unique opportunity to learn about this fascinating field no matter where you are located. The course is delivered online for all modules.

A Zoom livestream session with Dr. Dorion takes place weekly so that participants may discuss course material with him.

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Definition of Forensic Dentistry

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Forensic dentistry, or forensic odontology, is the application of dental and paradental knowledge to the solution of legal issues in civil and in criminal matters.

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Forensic Dentistry Involves

 

• Dental Age Estimation (DAE)

• Identification of the living and the deceased

• Bitemark identification, analysis, and comparison

• Lip print identification, analysis, and comparison

• Rugae print identification, analysis, and comparison

• Patterned injury identification, analysis, and comparison

• Identification of dental specimens at a crime scene or elsewhere

• Evaluation of oro-facial trauma and compensation

• Malpractice and negligence in dentistry

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Means of Identification

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• TEETH: natural and synthetic (fixed and removable)

• BONE: trabecular pattern, tori and osseous anomalies

• PRESENCE OF FOREIGN BODIES: implants, unretrieved amalgam particles, surgical instruments, bullets, fragments of various origins

• SINUS CONFIGURATION: maxillary and frontal

• SKULL SUTURES

• SOFT TISSUE FEATURES: rugae (rugoscopy) and lip (cheiloscopy, quieloscopy) prints

• PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPARISON: Facial or dental superimposition or approximation

• DNA

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