Forensic Science

Forensic science is the application of different scientific methods and techniques for better elucidation of justice in criminal-legal system. Majority of these methods have been developed in other scientific disciplines like anthropology, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, genetics, medicine, pathology, phonetics, psychiatry, toxicology etc., though few of them like criminalistics, ballistics, fingerprint science have been solely developed in the field of forensic sciences itself. Forensic science is primarily concerned with recognition, identification, individualization, and evaluation of physical evidence at the scene of crime. The major objective of forensic science is to establish individuality, or to approach it as closely as facilitated

The identification of deceased brings peace and solace to the minds of relatives and friends and helps them to grasp the untimely loss of their near and dear one/s. Identification of the deceased is the one of the first steps in the investigation of suspicious deaths. Positive identification requires comparison and matching of at least one unique feature, either using dental or medical records or, in recent years, using the DNA or fingerprint profile. Identification of any visually unrecognizable body is a collaborative effort by forensic pathologists, forensic odontologists, forensic anthropologists and other forensic experts such as fingerprint and DNA specialists. Human identification is one of the major fields of study and research in forensic sciences because it deals with the human body and it aims at establishing human

Unlike bone, teeth tend to be more resistant to physical or biomechanical remodelling or the resorption. The teeth and dental restorations are the strongest elements in the human body which can survive the destructive influences of fire and exposure to the elements. Individualization from dental radiographs is based upon several factors like the survivability of dental structure for post mortem radiography. The ability to locate a source of known dental or medical radiographs which may document unique points of identification