The forensic odontology in Milan : a 20 year experience

Forensic odontology has a relevant importance in several fields of forensic sciences, from personal identification of corpse sand the living from video-surveillance systems, to the evaluation of lesions and odontoiatric damage and professional malpractice. In the last time forensic odontology has known a decisive improvement in the field of age estimation of the living for the ascertainment of imputability and age in adopted children, and from 2D images in cases of suspected juvenile pornographic material. The association with forensic odontologists has a relevant importance also in the assessment of bite marks and lesions in refugees seeking asylum. This poster aims at exposing some examples of the reliability of odontological techniques applied to the forensic scenario, chosen within the 20 year experience of LABANOF (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense), which highlight the increasing requests from privates and the judicial authorities for expert witnesses concerning forensic odontology and the crucial role of university centers which may provide a reference point for assessing topics concerning this wide and crucial field of application of forensic sciences.