When a body is found and the police don't know who or why on the case, how are bodies identified from dental records, as I'm sure the discovering parties don't fax every dentist in the u.s. and ask them if they have a match !!
2007-03-21 06:42:17 · 13 answers · asked by batinovtoo 2 in Health ➔ Dental
After people have been been missing for a period of time (not sure if it varies from state to state) the families are contacted for their dental records which are put into the system along with the other descriptions of the missing person. Other times, local authorities know who is missing (you see coverage on the news all the time), if they find someone matching the description, they will just ask the family for the dental records.
2007-03-21 14:00:59 · answer #1 · answered by Jessica S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-13 03:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by Lillie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-09 09:10:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-28 11:02:36 · answer #4 · answered by cyndi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The police don't do it as they do not have the skills or training.. A forensic odontologist does the work. It is also not done via Fax. The odontologist has to have the actual teeth to be compared with the dental records.
2007-03-21 06:47:54 · answer #5 · answered by ........ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they have an idea of who the person might be, they check against the records of that person.
There is no national database of dental records.
2007-03-21 06:44:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they know someone in the family or there are records like in an address book a dentist name, they make a few calls and boom....teeth real ones are something like finger prints no one has exactly the same...
2007-03-21 06:49:48 · answer #7 · answered by Sunset 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmmmmm
good question
maybe they look at likely candidates , maybe dentists send the records if a person goes missing
2007-03-21 06:46:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the cops do have a list of people that have gone missing around the area. Regardless, it's not an easy process
2007-03-21 06:45:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dental reocrds are used to CONFIRM idenity. Say someone is in a fire and is burned down to bone, if they think they know who it is, they can contact their dentist to compare the xrays.
2007-03-21 06:47:57 · answer #10 · answered by Wyleeguy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋