• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.81-94
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• 1999

This study intends to find usefulness of the computer assisted dental identification in mass disaster. The variety of dental characteristics was investigated through the research of dental records of 508 adults. And a computer assisted simulation program was used to evaluate the selectivity of dental identification. Findings were as follows : 1. Combinations of dental characteristics were found 155 types. The most various dental characteristic was showed on the mandibular first molar. 99.0% of subjects had dental characteristics for dental identification. 2. The posterior teeth, in comparison with anterior teeth, showed higher selectivity in dental identification which was enhanced by information on the material, type and cavity of the restoration. 3. The variety of dental characteristics was mainly found on the combinations of missing tooth with the material, type and cavity of the restoration. 4. The computer assisted dental identification program, with informa- tion about one's tooth state, made individual identification possible when there was only a part of the teeth in a corpse. 5. The computer assisted dental identification had considerably high selectivity based on the variety of dental characteristics. And it was also performed faster and preciser than the existing identification methods. Based on the results of this study, there are various combinations of the feature of the tooth itself with dental characteristics caused by a certain type of treatment on the teeth. And using the computer assisted dental identification program based on this, dental identification can be more efficient economically and more useful than any other forensic identification methods.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.213-217
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• 2012

Purpose: This study was performed to evaluate the uniqueness and reliability of the frontal sinuses by comparing various patterns of frontal sinus as observed on Waters' radiographs for individual identification. Materials and Methods: Three Waters' radiographs of 100 individuals, taken on day one, after 6-8 months, and one radiograph with a slight variation in angulation, to mimic conditions out in the field or during autopsy. Three observers were randomly given radiographs from all there packets for comparisons and identification, by the method of superimposition and individual uniqueness. Results: The comparative identification by superimposition of the frontal sinus was 100% positive. The size, shape, unilateral or bilateral presence, absence, and septa were observed to be unique in each case; neither had the measurements changed over a period of time. Conclusion: The need to establish a reliable, low-cost, and easily reproducible method for human identification prompted the elaboration of technical, precise, and accessible parameters, such as the evaluation of the area, asymmetry, and shape of the frontal sinus. Comparison among each of the frontal sinuses of the 100 people in the sample revealed that no two sinuses are the same, that is, the sinus is unique to each individual.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.218-219
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• 2021

The identification of human remains can be performed visually through families and next-of-kin, but it is not advisable to rely only on visual recognition; instead, it is preferable to conduct a forensic comparison of antemortem and postmortem data for primary identifiers (fingerprints, DNA, and dental data). A dental autopsy is particularly valuable in the identification process of skeletonized, carbonized, saponified, and fragmented human remains. The principal challenge in the identification process is the search and collection of antemortem data. To this end, all dental information held on a missing person can represent a precious source of individualizing information that families should share with the police or investigating agencies after reporting a disappearance.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.61-67
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• 1983

Authors observed a corpse which is died from "Charring", caused by air disaster, for the purpose of individual identification. This is an identifide case of the charred corpse due to the fire while landing of KAL 747 Jumbo(HL 7445) at Kimpo airport Nov.1980. It was referred to author in the state of carbonization by high degree of heat-as unknown body entirely. But teeth condition and treated condition were well preserved under mouth closing and by the comparative examination of antermortem dental records, dental radiographs, the individual identification was simply accomplished. Therefore, it brought repeatedly a recognition of the practical effectiveness of dental identification and importance or dental records.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제19권5호통권144호
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• pp.449-461
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• 1981

The author studied on the blood groups by the elution tests with teeth left standing under various conditions, and the following results were obtained. 1) The blood group identification with dental hard tissue proved to be possible. 2) In the cases of teeth left under various conditions-formalin fixation, standing in air, soil embedding and immersing in water-the identification of blood groups was possible in every case without any difference on difficulties. 3) The reaction of agglutination was somewhat more obvious in dentin substance than in enamel. 4) About 10 mg of dental hard tissue was recommendable for blood grouping.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.275-282
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• 2013

This paper proposes a method for human identification using teeth contours extracted from dental images that are captured from the frontal views of subjects each of who opens his or her mouth slightly. Each dental image has a black-colored region containing the subject's teeth contours which are usually different from subject to subject. This means that this black-colored region has bio-mimetic information useful for human identification. The basic idea of the method is to extract the upper and lower teeth contours from the dental image of each subject and to encode their geometric patterns using a back-propagation neural network model. After acquiring 400 teeth images form 10 university students, we used 300 images for the training data of the neural network model and 100 images for its verification. Experimental results have shown that the proposed neural network-based method can be used as an alternative solution for identification among a small group of humans with a low cost and simple setup.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2006

개인식별에서 치과적 방법의 유용성과 중요도에 대해서는 잘 알려져 있다. 그러나 우리나라에서 개인의 신원확인을 위하여 법치의학적 방법을 이용한 포괄적 자료에 대하여는 발표된 예가 드물다. 본 논문은 2002년에서 2005년까지 국립과학수사연구소 법치의학실로 의뢰된 신원불상 변사자의 개인식별건을 분석하여 법치의학적 방법의 활용성에 대하여 연구하였다. 그 결과 4년 동안 법치의학실로 의뢰된 신원불상 변사자 관련 개인식별 건은 405건으로 전체 의뢰 493건의 약 82%에 이르렀다. 두개골을 비롯한 유골이 전체 의뢰되는 건과 치아나 상, 하악만으로 연령감정을 의뢰한 건은 각각 2002년에 58건과 42건, 2003년에 52건과 37건, 2004년에 91건과 27건, 2005년에 78건과 20건이었다. 2005년에는 개인식별을 위해 유골 전체에 대한 종합적 검사를 의뢰하는 건이 연령감정만 의뢰하는 건보다 4배에 이르렀다. 두개골과 사진을 겹치는 중첩법에 의한 동일인 식별은 접수된 24건 중 15건에서 활용되었고 나머지 9건에서는 유전자 검사로만 결과가 판정되었다. 법치의학적 방법에 의한 개인식별을 위하여 23건이 접수되었으며, 그 결과 9건이 동일인으로 판정되었고, 7건은 배제되었으며, 동일인으로 추정되는 4건에서는 유전자 검사 결과로 보완되어 확인되었으며, 3건은 의뢰된 자료가 충분하지 않았다. 법치의학적 방법에 의하여 신원이 확인된 신원불상 변사자 수는 2002년 9%에서 2005년 46%로 증가되었다. 개인식별에 있어서 법치의학적 방법은 지문이나 유전자검사와는 달리 일반인과 경찰에 비교적 덜 알려진 측면이 있으나, 점차 중요성에 대한 인식이 높아지고 있다. 치과기록이나 방사선 사진 등에 관한 정보가 잘 보존됨으로써 법치의학적 개인식별의 활용성이 점차 증가하고 있다. 유전자처럼 혈연 관계를 증명하는 것이 아니라 본인의 기록으로 남아있는 자료에 대한 비교 분석이기 때문에 분석이 용이하고 신속하며, 유전자 검사에 비해 고가의 장비를 필요로 하지 않고 비용이 저렴하다는 장점이 있다. 또한 뼈 조직이나 조직이 부패되어 핵 유전자의 추출이 어려울 때 이용되는 미토콘드리아 유전자의 개인식별률이 높지 않은 단점을 보완할 수 있다. 그러므로 개인식별에 있어서 유전자 분석과 두개골 사진 중첩법의 단점을 극복할 수 있는 법치의학적 방법의 활용성과 중요도는 더 증가될 것이다. 향후 개인식별률을 높이기 위하여 경찰과 법의학자와의 긴밀한 협조가 중요하며, 가출자와 실종자의 치과기록과 변사자의 치아기록을 전산자료화 할 수 있도록 관련 법과 체계의 확립이 시급한 실정이다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.193-209
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• 1998

In identifying bodies that are severely decayed or damaged, methods using fingerprints and various biochemical tests are known to have its limits. To overcome this, forensic odontological method which is based on the analysis of the cranium, tooth and dental restoration is used to enhance the accuracey of individual identification. For this reason, I have come to analysis of the dental materials that exists between the teeth that is perceived to have been previously restored and the one adjacent to it. By analyzing the constituents of gold crown-restored, non-precious metal-restored, gold inlay-restored and amalgam -restored teeth, and adjacent teeth using EDX(energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis) which was invented to analyze very small amount of elements, the nature of the restoration could be predicted and the results obtained were as follows. 1. Some of constitute of gold alloy was extracted from residual cement of gold crown restoration, but that was not extracted from the restored tooth and the one adjacent to it. 2. Some of constituents of non-precious metal alloy was extracted both in the residual cement on the tooth with no-precious metal restoration and in the tooth with the restoration itself. However, none of its constituents were found in the tooth adjacent to it. 3. Some of constituents of gold alloy were found in the residual cement of gold inlay, but they were not found in the restored tooth and the adjacent tooth. 4. Some of constituents of amalgam alloy were found both in tooth restored with amalgam and in the adjacent tooth. From the results obtained above, it is possible to utilize the data obtained from analyizing residual dental materials in a more effective way. This data compensates for the lost data due to any harm done to the restorations prior to individual identification and further enhances the accuracy. Therefore, it could be concluded that this process of analyzing residual dental materials could be beneficial to individual identification in the area of forensic odontoldogy.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.193-200
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• 2001

An appropriate amount of samples, collected from three each paddy forest, field and riverside soil near Taegu city, was suspended in sterile water and then diluted in order to isolation of antagonistic to oral cancer. The diluted samples were inoculated on separating medium in the routing spreading method. So, seven hundred and eighteen strains were isolated on HV agar and 220 strains were on methanol medium from soil samples. So, during the screening of anti-oral cancer activity from soil, we isolated microorganisms showing powerful antagonistic activity. Among them, No. 78 strain exhibited the most strongly anti-oral cancer activity. Microbiological properties were investigated by the methods described in the Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology and experimental methods of identification of actinomycetes by Hamada et al. As a result, a methylotrophic actinomycetes strain No. 79 was estimated as Amycolatopsis sp. based on taxonomic studies.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.189-196
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• 2007

A study of the J health college dept of dental hygiene practice vistant a total of 35 supragingival calculus and subgingival calculus picking SEM observation and bacteria identification of the result are followings. 1. As observed by dental calculus SEM, the surface roughness appeared as peaks, valleys, and pits. 2. About bacteteria morphology blood agar plate small green zone partial hemolysis colony streptococcus observation 3. Isolated colony gram stain gram are positive display 4. Supragingival calculus at Lactococcus lactis spp. Leuconostoc spp. Streptococcus mitis, Aerococcus viridans bacteria 1, 3, 3, 16 species detection 5. Subgingival calculus at Aerococcus viridans, Leuconostoc spp. bacteria 5, 1 species detection.