ReviewJournal of forensic dental sciences2014
What's the deal with dental records for practicing dentists? Importance in general and forensic dentistry.
Review in Journal of forensic dental sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Decolonising forensic odontology in Sub-Saharan Africa.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2025Review
- Note bloat.British dental journal · 2025Article
- Dental professional's perspective regarding knowledge, awareness, and attitude towards the importance of charting dental anomalies: a cross-sectional study.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2023Article
- Awareness of Forensic Odontology among Dental Students and Faculty in Cyprus: A Survey-Based Study.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- The precision of two alternative indirect workflows for digital model production: an illusion or a possibility?Clinical oral investigations · 2023Article
- Knowledge and awareness of forensic dentistry course among undergraduates.Journal of advanced pharmaceutical technology & research · 2022Article
- Dental Recordkeeping: Practice in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2021Article
- Completeness of Electronic Dental Records in a Student Clinic: Retrospective Analysis.JMIR medical informatics · 2019Article
- Dental records of forensic odontological importance: Maintenance pattern among dental practitioners of Pune city.Journal of forensic dental sciencesArticle
- Forensic odontology as a humanitarian tool.Journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFPReview
- Forensic revolution need maintenance of dental records of patients by the dentists: A descriptive study.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
- An insight into the awareness and utilization of "dental evidence" among the police force in Punjab.Journal of forensic dental sciencesArticle
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Abstract
DENTAL RECORDS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR DENTIST AND PATIENT PROTECTION, AND ITS MAINTENANCE IS CONSIDERED AN ETHICAL AND LEGAL OBLIGATION OF THE DENTIST: Ethical, because it satisfies the duty of care that the dentist has toward his patient and legal, as it is an investment for future protection against medico-legal complications. In addition to its legal and ethical role, the dental fraternity in India is slowly waking up to its importance in forensic dentistry. Dentists could play a vital role in assisting forensic investigators in providing information that would help in the identification of perpetrators or victims of crime and natural or manmade disaster situations. This information would be easily available and accessible through well-maintained patient records under dental care.
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