This color atlas and textbook describes the initial phase of human dentition. It includes more than 1,500 photographs of fetal and infant teeth up to the age of one year. Photographs with concise explanatory text depict steps of these developmental phases. The teeth are photographed from six different aspects: buccal, lingual, mesial, distal, incisal, and from the root direction. A supplementary software program for age estimation from dental measurements can also be used in conjunction with the material in this text.
Table of Contents:
Human Dentition and Notation. Human Dentition. Dental Development. Dental Structures. Functions of Dental Structures. Dental Discrimination, Notation and Recording. Photographing and Measuring Techniques for Dental Evidence. Forensic Importance of Dental Evidence. Scaling for Dental Evidences During Photographing. Photographing Technique for Dental Evidence. Measuring Techniques for Dental Evidence. Morphology and Development of Primary Dentition. Discrimination of Dentition. Morphology of Primary Dentition. The Development of the Primary Dentition. Dental Identification and Age Estimation from Teeth. Achieving Dental Evidence from Oral Autopsy. Identification from Teeth. Age Estimation Software. APPENDIX. Abbreviations. Glossary. Index.
About the Author :
P. Sema Aka, BDS, PhD, is a retired professor in the Department of Prosthodontics and Faculty of Medicine as well as in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Branch of Forensic Odontology at the University of Ankara, Turkey. She is also president of the Forensic Odontology Committee of the Forensic Scientists Society in Ankara.
Murat Yagan, MD, is a forensic medicine specialist at The Council of Forensic Medicine, Directorship of Afyonkarahisar Agency Department in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Nergis Canturk, MD, is a forensic medicine specialist as well as an associate professor and head of Department of Criminalistics at the University of Ankara, Turkey.
Rukiye Dagalp, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Ankara, Turkey.
Review :
"… I am fully confident that the authors have produced a flawless work that will fulfill the expected requirements in the field of forensic dentistry and identification studies, and enlighten the world of science with this Atlas."
—From the Foreword by Prof. I. Hamit Hanci, Professor, Forensic Medicine Specialist, Head of the Institute of Forensic Sciences, Ankara University, Previous President of the Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, President of the Forensic Scientists Society, Ankara, Turkey
