Research Article
Dental Student Skills in Matching Radiographs for Forensic Identification and in Forensic Knowledge
| | (Correct dichotomized response) and % correct | Strongly agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
| (1) Did the student match the correct original radiograph? | (140) 92.1% | | | | | | (2) If a single rooted tooth had an endodontic procedure, is it possible to match ante and post-mortem radiographs. | (True) 74.3% | (21) 13.8% | (92) 60.5% | (23) 15.1% | (12) 7.9% | (2) 1.3% | (3) The shape of palatal rugae remain consistent and are reliable forensic markers. | (True) 25.7% | (9) 5.9% | (30) 19.7% | (34) 22.4% | (65) 42.8% | (13) 8.6% | (4) Forensic odontology means “dealing with the time of death.” | (False) 85.5% | (5) 3.3% | (16) 10.5% | (23) 15.1% | (67) 44.1% | (39) 25.7% | (5) 2D bar codes are most commonly used in dentures of people with Parkinson’s and neurodegenerative diseases. | (True) 44.7% | (11) 7.2% | (57) 37.5% | (65) 42.8% | (14) 9.2% | (4) 2.6% | (6) Mesiodistal width of incisors can discriminate between male and females and are routinely used in court as evidence of sex. | (False) 70.4% | (9) 5.9% | (36) 23.7% | (29) 19.1% | (60) 39.5% | (18) 11.8% | (7) Altering original dental images may result in inaccurate identifications should a disaster requiring dental forensics occur. | (True) 86.8% | (70) 46.1% | (62) 40.8% | (14) 9.2% | (4) 2.6% | (2) 1.3% | (8) 14Carbon dating of teeth can be used to determine a person’s age within an error of ±1.75 years. | (True) 62.5% | (14) 9.2% | (81) 53.3% | (48) 31.6% | (7) 4.6% | (2) 1.3% | (9) The lightest striae of Retzius (the neonatal line) is associated with a stress of teething. | (False) 65.8% | (11) 7.2% | (40) 26.3% | (48) 31.6% | (44) 28.9% | (8) 5.3% | (10) In adult radiographs, physiologic changes can be seen as widening of pulp area. | (False) 63.8% | (18) 11.8% | (36) 23.7% | (17) 11.2% | (43) 28.3% | (37) 24.3% | (11) Use of third molar development as a legal landmark of age is valid. | (False) 70.4% | (8) 5.3% | (33) 21.7% | (32) 21.1% | (48) 31.6% | (27) 17.8% |
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Note. True: strongly agree or agree; false: neutral, disagree, or strongly disagree.
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