caa a22 4500 475787889 CHVBK 20180406123704.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004149900099 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004149900099 The application of dental methods of identification to human burn victims in a mass disaster [Elektronische Daten] [A. Valenzuela, S. Martin-de las Heras, T. Marques, N. Exposito, J. M. Bohoyo] This paper deals with the usefulness of dental identification in the case of 28 human burn victims of a bus accident in Spain. Postmortem forensic procedures for identification were used including general external examination, routine photographs and radiographs and complementary biological methods. Dental identification was also used and a description of the method is presented. Dental identification was established in 57% of the cases. When victims were less than 20 years of age, the success rate of identification by dental methods was higher (76% of victims in this age group). The assessment of dental age allowed the establishment of identity of four victims. We recommend that dental procedures be used in human identification after mass disasters. Odontological and radiographic procedures are powerful methods when dealing with burn victims. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Human identification nationallicence Dental method nationallicence Mass disaster nationallicence Valenzuela A. Department of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain e-mail: agarach@goliat.ugr.es, Tel.: +34-958-249932, Fax: +34-958-246107, ES aut Martin-de las Heras S. Department of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain e-mail: agarach@goliat.ugr.es, Tel.: +34-958-249932, Fax: +34-958-246107, ES aut Marques T. Department of Identification, Servicio Policia Judicial, Guardia Civil, E-28003 Madrid, Spain, ES aut Exposito N. Department of Identification, Servicio Policia Judicial, Guardia Civil, E-28003 Madrid, Spain, ES aut Bohoyo J. M. Department of Identification, Servicio Policia Judicial, Guardia Civil, E-28003 Madrid, Spain, ES aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900099 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900099 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Valenzuela A. Department of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain e-mail: agarach@goliat.ugr.es, Tel.: +34-958-249932, Fax: +34-958-246107, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Martin-de las Heras S. Department of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain e-mail: agarach@goliat.ugr.es, Tel.: +34-958-249932, Fax: +34-958-246107, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Marques T. Department of Identification, Servicio Policia Judicial, Guardia Civil, E-28003 Madrid, Spain, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Exposito N. Department of Identification, Servicio Policia Judicial, Guardia Civil, E-28003 Madrid, Spain, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bohoyo J. M. Department of Identification, Servicio Policia Judicial, Guardia Civil, E-28003 Madrid, Spain, ES aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer