Forensic Dental Medicine

Code:

612

Acronym:

MDF

Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MD	58	Plano oficial a partir de 2000	6	1	2	-

Objectives

To provide the students with scientific and technical knowledge which are vital to the development of attitudes and abilities required for an effective cooperation (in the different tasks) between Forensic Dental Medicine and justice.

Program

• Forensic Dental Medicine: definition, historical data and main objectives
• Human identification according to dental signals
• Non-dental techniques for identification
• Tooth and dental feeling resistance to physical and chemical elements
• Dental techniques for identification
• Human identification in case of catastrophe
• Human identification by means of reconstructive methods
• Marking of dental prostheses: techniques and objectives
• Dental bite wounds. Importance to human identification and methodology
• Medico-legal aspects of violence (child, women and elderly abuse)

Main Bibliography

Rothwell BR. Bite marks in forensic dentistry: a review of legal scientific issues. J Am Dent Assoc 1995; 126: 223-232
American Board of Forensic Odontology, Inc. Body Identification Guidelines. J Am Dent Assoc 1994; 125:1244-1254
Pereira A. Medicina Dentária Forense, Edição AEFMDUP, 150 pág. Porto, 1994.
Slavkin HC. Sex, enamel and forensic dentistry: a search for identity. J Am Dent Assoc 1997; 128: 1021-1025
Pretty IA, Sweet D. A look at forensic dentistry – Part I: the role of teeth in determination of human identity. Br Dent Zool; 190 (7) : 359-366

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Observations

Teaching staff:

Professor Dr Américo Afonso
Drª. Inês Morais Caldas