Postmortem Examination and Individual Identification

, Chong-Youl Kim

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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine 1989;13(2):48-50.

Postmortem Examination and Individual Identification

Chong-Youl Kim

College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

In case of postmortem examination and individual identification of high degreed putrefacted, skeletonized, charred or crushed dead corps, bone and teeth examination methods are essential and useful. Using bone and teeth, it is possible to determine sex, age, race, job, birth place, and blooc type, etc. Sometimes superimpose and facial restoration method are successful.

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