Journal of Dental Research and Practice

Forensic dentistry or forensic odontology is the application of dental erudition to those malefactor and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a malefactor equity system. Forensic dentists are involved in availing investigative agencies to identify recuperated human remains in integration to the identification of whole or fragmented bodies; forensic dentists may withal be asked to avail in determining age, race, vocation, anterior dental history and socioeconomic status of unidentified human beings. Forensic dentistry is the felicitous handling, examination and evaluation of dental evidence, which will be then presented in the interest of equity. The evidence that may be derived from teeth is the age (in children) and identification of the person to whom the teeth belong. This is done utilizing dental records including radiographs, ante-mortem (prior to death) and post-mortem (postmortem) photographs and DNA.  Forensic odontology is derived from Latin, betokening a forum or where licit matters are discussed. Forensic dental identification most of the times are dependent on the availability, adequacy, and precision of antemortem dental records. Maintenance of dental records is the obligation of a dentist and is an essential component, accommodating as an information source for the dentists and the patients, in medico-licit, administrative, and for forensic purposes. Identification by comparative dental analysis plays a consequential role akin to dactylograms and DNA analysis. The dental records were prosperously utilized in many disasters such as world trade center disaster, Indian Ocean tsunami disaster in December 2004, etc. Dental records are available in sundry forms such as dental notes, dental charts, radiographs, photographs, and models. Maintenance of these records is indispensable in the Western countries. Different countries have different guidelines regarding the retention of dental records. The other type of evidence is that of bite marks, left on either the victim (by the assailer), the perpetrator (from the victim of an assailment), or on an object found at the malefaction scene. Bite marks are often found on children who are abusedTo increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals top online publishing journals are indexed in different indexing and archiving services. Indexing provides easy access of the article online. The top online publishing journals publish articles which are cited as references by many authors in their work. Citations are important for a journal to get impact factor. Impact factor is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in the journal. The impact of the journal is influenced by impact factor, the journals with high impact factor are considered more important than those with lower ones. Indexing provides easy access of the article online. The international journals are among the best open access journals in the world, set out to publish the most comprehensive, relevant and reliable information based on the current research and development on a variety of subjects.