Formas de verificación de cuerpos calcinados a través de odontología legal y forense.

Abstract

Introduction: Teeth are among the strongest elements of the human skeleton and are therefore often used in routine forensic investigations involving the identification of unknown remains. Teeth exposed to heat stress have the potential to not only aid in identification, but also in understanding the circumstances surrounding the fire. Objective: To establish the forms of verification of charred bodies through legal and forensic dentistry. Materials and methods: This research has a quantitative, retrospective and cross-sectional approach. Additionally, the design of this study is descriptive, jointly the study is non-experimental. Analysis and Results: Regarding the changes of the dental pieces, it was found that these occur depending on the temperature to which they have been exposed. With regard to restoration materials, in this review it was found that there are specific changes depending on the type and the temperature to which it was exposed. The radiographic characteristics, according to what is found in the literature, are also an important method to be able to make ante-mortem and post-mortem comparisons. Conclusion: The morphological changes of the dental pieces are marked from 150 °C. Dental materials can generate changes in coloration in the dental pieces, in addition they can be compared with the clinical history of the same to corroborate their identification. In the radiographs, restorations or missing pieces or morphological characteristics that cannot be observed clinically can be observed. The changes generated by high temperatures in the skull bones can begin as a change in color, fragmentation and total calcination, everything will depend on the temperature with which the individual has died. Science and technology advances and in this sense many authors indicate how important oral scanners are today, which are a good comparative imaging method.