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Human Bite Mark-A Physical Evidence Sreenivas C Sujith* Additional Professor & Dy. Police Surgeon, Dept.of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode *Corresponding author: Dr. Sujith Sreenivas C, Additional Professor & Dy. Police Surgeon, Dept.of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala-673008, E Mail- drsujithsc@rediffmail.com, Phone mobile: 9847005239
Online published on 8 August, 2019. Abstract Forensic Odontology include evaluation of human bite mark which is a trace evidence for connecting the assailant and the victim of a crime. Evaluation of the morphology of bite mark and comparison with the dental pattern of the suspected person helped in providing a corroborative evidence in identification of the criminal1. Most of the bite mark evaluated in Forensic practice does not reproduce all the characteristics of the dental pattern of the suspected person as the complete dental arch is not reproduced on the injury however in most of the cases the pattern of the anterior dental arches or their portion is impregnated on the injury2. The study involved evaluation of all the injuries due to human bite over a period of nine years on the dead body brought for medicolegal autopsy and on the subjects involved in crime brought for examination of wounds and certification of injuries. Evaluation of the bite mark and its correlation with the dental characteristics of the suspect revealed that the evidence is corroborative and supportive. As the number of physical characteristics for comparison and identification became more, it resulted in a better match between the morphology of bite mark and the dental characteristics of the suspected person3. The more the number of imprint of teeth seen clearly on the skin the better was the chances of identifying the assailant, however the chances of other people having similar dental pattern cannot be excluded completely. Top Keywords Human bite, Physical evidence. Top | |
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