Use of DNA technology in forensic dentistry

• Main Authors: Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva (Author), Arsenio Sales-Peres (Author), Rogério Nogueira de Oliveira (Author), Fernando Toledo de Oliveira (Author), Sílvia Helena de Carvalho Sales-Peres (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The established importance of Forensic Dentistry for human identification, mainly when there is little remaining material to perform such identification (e.g., in fires, explosions, decomposing bodies or skeletonized bodies), has led dentists working with forensic investigation to become more famili...