"This is a must-have book for forensic scientists and law enforcement involved in processing crime scenes, conducting criminal investigations, and analyzing crime scene and dental evidence. The book also provides the legal profession a framework to assess dental evidence requirements in their casework and subsequent litigation."--Jacket.

Dental detectives -- The evidence, the forensic dentist and dental analysis -- Recognition, recovery and analysis of bite mark evidence -- DNA and forensic odontology -- Physical abuse and forensic dentistry: the diagnosis of violence -- Dental investigations in mass disaster incidents -- The use of digital imaging in human identification -- Legal issues in forensic odontology -- Photography and forensic dental evidence.