TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing dental identifier charting in cone beam computed tomography scans and panoramic radiographs using INTERPOL coding for human identification
AU - Franco, Ademir
AU - Orestes, Sther Garcia Ferreira
AU - Coimbra, Eliane de Fátima
AU - Thevissen, Patrick
AU - Fernandes, Ângela
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES, Brazil) for funding the present research. Additional appreciation also extends to the staff of the Laboratory of Oral Radiology and Imaging (LABIM) of the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - According to INTERPOL, the comparison of antemortem and postmortem dental identifiers is a scientifically reliable approach for human identification. This study aimed to quantify the prevalence of corresponding INTERPOL coded dental identifiers in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans and panoramic radiographs (PR). The sample consisted of 100 CBCT scans and 100 PR taken the same day from the same patients (35 males and 65 females). Randomly and independently, forty-one INTERPOL coded dental identifiers were searched in each image. Wilcoxon test compared the prevalence of codes in CBCT scans and PR, Chi-square tested the dependence between codes and teeth; and multiple correspondence analyses (MCA) explored the association between codes and teeth in color maps for CBCT scans and PR. No statistically significant differences between the prevalence of identifiers in CBCT scans and PR were detected (p = 0.693). In CBCT scans and PR, dependence between teeth and codes was detected (p < 0.05). In the study sample, the strongest associations were found between the codes unerupted (UNE), partially erupted (ERU) and impacted (IMV) and third molars, both in CBCT scans and PR. INTERPOL coded dental identifiers registered on CBCT scans and PR can be exchanged during human identification.
AB - According to INTERPOL, the comparison of antemortem and postmortem dental identifiers is a scientifically reliable approach for human identification. This study aimed to quantify the prevalence of corresponding INTERPOL coded dental identifiers in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans and panoramic radiographs (PR). The sample consisted of 100 CBCT scans and 100 PR taken the same day from the same patients (35 males and 65 females). Randomly and independently, forty-one INTERPOL coded dental identifiers were searched in each image. Wilcoxon test compared the prevalence of codes in CBCT scans and PR, Chi-square tested the dependence between codes and teeth; and multiple correspondence analyses (MCA) explored the association between codes and teeth in color maps for CBCT scans and PR. No statistically significant differences between the prevalence of identifiers in CBCT scans and PR were detected (p = 0.693). In CBCT scans and PR, dependence between teeth and codes was detected (p < 0.05). In the study sample, the strongest associations were found between the codes unerupted (UNE), partially erupted (ERU) and impacted (IMV) and third molars, both in CBCT scans and PR. INTERPOL coded dental identifiers registered on CBCT scans and PR can be exchanged during human identification.
KW - Cone beam computed tomography
KW - Forensic dentistry
KW - Human identification
KW - Panoramic radiograph
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U2 - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.06.018
DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.06.018
M3 - Article
C2 - 31310942
AN - SCOPUS:85068722631
SN - 0379-0738
VL - 302
JO - Forensic Science International
JF - Forensic Science International
M1 - 109860
ER -
