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theremin thereminOG 2002

When a dead body is discovered with no identification on them, they resort to identifying the person by their dental records, right?

Well, how do they know who their dentist was?
Don't they hafta know that in order to obtain their records?

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toxicgirlOG 2003

This is a perplexing question. I can understand forensic dentistry in a situation like 9-11 because they had a bit of an idea who was missing. But I don't know how they can id a bunch of bones they find in the woods by records. It's like a needle in a haysack.

I would really like to get into dental forensics. I am going to look up info on classes.

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

do you to pry teeth from the charred remains of human beings? gross, but i'm sure it pays very well.

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toxicgirlOG 2003

no prying...but you do get study x-rays and charting to see if the jaw or whatever matches up to the dead mouth in front of you...it's like a jigsaw puzzle

hey it's this or chasing tornados. no desk job for me.

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

it's not that hard.. maybe tedious but not hard.

all that data is stored in a database usually

then they run out certain points and break it down to narrow the search..

then WAHHH LAH we got homogenized milk

theremin thereminOG 2002

I see you've been involved in murder by milk before.

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