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Dental Morphological Estimation of Ancestry in Forensic Contexts
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Edgar, Heather J. H. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | Dental morphology, as the term is generally used in anthropology, considers observations of minor structures of the tooth crown and root, including grooves, ridges, and cusps (Scott and Turner 1997). Most practitioners of forensic anthropology are fully aware that shovel-shaped incisors are more oen seen in persons of Asian or Native American heritage. Many may believe, perhaps erroneously (Hawkey and Turner 1998), that the Introduction 191 Materials 193 Methods 194 Observational Methods 194 Statistical Analysis 194 Results 195 Discussion 201 Appendix 202 References 206 presence of Carabelli's trait indicates European ancestry. e use of dental morphological characteristics to estimate the race of a skeleton quantitatively (in much the same way that cranial metrics are currently used) is relatively rarely encountered (Schmidt 2008). Oen, the use of dental morphology in forensics is nonstatistical, with one or two characters included among cranial morphology and overall skull shape descriptors. Book Name: Biological Affinity in Forensic Identification of Human Skeletal Remains |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2009-0-14489-9&isbn=9780429245046&doi=10.1201/b17832-15&format=pdf |
| Ending Page | 229 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| Starting Page | 212 |
| DOI | 10.1201/b17832-15 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2014-12-13 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Biological Affinity in Forensic Identification of Human Skeletal Remains Legal Medicine Anthropology Dental Morphology Dental Morphological |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
