Forensic Science Seminar
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ISSN 2157-118XFOREN SCI SEM · Volume 5

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Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) through Dental Evidence: Overview and Challenges in Indian Scenario

Pooja Malik Puri, Himanshu Khajuria

Forensic Science Seminar · 2015 · Volume 5 · Issue 2 · pp. 39–42

Peer Reviewed ISSN 2157-118X Available online 5 July 2015 Public PDF
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Original Abstract

Abstract

A mass disaster is sudden and unexpected event that involves injury and death of large number of people. Every disaster is unique and involves interplay of different factors and circumstances such as: nature of disaster, number of victims, extent of body fragmentation etc that ultimately challenges the disaster response planning.Apart from the victim recovery and evacuation, the disaster response planning must include the established procedures for the identification of the victims of the disaster. The identification of victims essentially relies on forensic anthropology, odontology, fingerprints, radiology and DNA typing. This paper aims at discussing the role of forensic odontology in the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI), its status in India and some suggestions to develop the plans for same.

Keywords: Forensic science; Mass disaster; Forensic odontology; Victim identification

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Authors & Publication

Article Details

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  1. Amity Institute of Forensic Sciences, Amity University, Noida, U.P., India.

Corresponding author: Pooja Malik Puri

Received9 November 2014
Revised12 February 2015
Accepted13 February 2015
Available Online5 July 2015

Citation Information

Document codeR1 · Review
JournalForensic Science Seminar
ISSN2157-118X
Volume / Issue5 / 2
Pages39–42
Publication date5 July 2015
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