HUMAN IDENTIFICATION ESTABLISHED BY THE ANALYSIS OF FRONTAL SINUS SEEN IN ANTEROPOSTERIOR SKULL RADIOGRAPHS USING THE MENTO-NASO TECHNIQUE – A FORENSIC CASE REPORT

Authors

  • Rhonan Ferreira Silva Department of Dentistry - Forensic Odontology, Federal University of Goiás, Goiás, Brazil
  • Lívia Graziele Rodrigues Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Goiás, Goiás, Brazil
  • Scheila Manica Department of Forensic Odontology, School of Dentistry, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
  • Raquel Porto Alegre Valente Franco Dentist, Private practice, Curitiba, Brazil
  • Ademir Franco Department of Therapeutic Stomatology, Institute of Dentistry, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow Russian Federation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21117/rbol.v6i1.222

Keywords:

anatomy, forensic odontology, frontal sinus, human identification, radiology

Abstract

Introduction: Human identification is a challenging task, especially when the available information detected during the dental autopsy is scarce. In this context, distinctive morphological information may play a valuable role as additional and alternative identifiers. Objective: To report a case of human identification aided by the morphological analysis of the frontal sinus through anteroposterior radiographs of the skull with the mento-naso technique. Material and methods: The body of an edentulous adult male highly decomposed was referred to the local medico-legal institute for identification. The alleged relatives of the victim provided the comparative antemortem data (AM) – consisting of an anteroposterior (AP) skull radiograph taken with mento-naso projection. A postmortem AP radiograph of the deceased was taken in order to reproduce the AM data and to enable a comparative procedure. Results: The morphological information of the frontal sinuses converged between AM and PM radiographs both for metric and non-metric evidences. Conclusion: The analysis of the frontal sinus may be an additional and alternative approach for human identification – especially for edentulous victims.

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Published

2019-04-13

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2019): RBOL

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Relato de caso

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