Human Bite Marks

Forensic odontology, provides identification and elimination from dead body, victim or suspect by examining the remains both living and dead individuals of oral tissue, jaw, teeth and dental injuries. Researching teeth, especially in identification of disaster victim is the most effective and easiest method that forensic odontologists and forensic anthropologists dwell upon delicately. One of the major issues which forensic sciences are interested in is the bite marks. Bite mark is the pattern formed on the tissue of humans or animals and skin injuries caused by teeth which show representation structure of the mouth in contact with each other. Determination of the identity of individuals which forms the bite marks, or in order to able do elimination of suspects, the stage of bite mark analysis and an experimental study are given in the present book.

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Cansev ME E is currently pursuing Ph.D. at the Department of Anthropology, Graduate School of Social Sciences at Ankara University.Bäak KOCA ÖZER is working as full-time Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Sub-Department of Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography atAnkara University.