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The theoretical part is not explained in great
details in the current article due to scope of this

article to familiarize the undergraduate dental
students with terminologies and practicalities
behind digitalized bite mark injury analysis. De-
spite gaining knowledge on how to handle bite
mark evidence, the students may also appreci-
ate that there are plenty of room for error
should one is not careful enough to examine
the whole aspects of error probabilities. The
use of non-metric spatial polygons should al-
ways be measured with other criteria such as
the measurement of arch width, shape of dental
arches, labiolingual and rotational position, in-
terdental spacing and curvatures of incisal edg-
Figure: 8 – Spatial polygon on scanned cast im-
es. age for upper and lower dentition

Conclusion

As the field of forensic odontology is expanding,
the need for trained personnel in handling and
reporting evident is increasing. The aid of cur-
rent technologies should be made available
from the beginning to nurture interest in the
Figure: 7 – Spatial polygon on bite mark image young ones for dental education.
for upper and lower dentition
Acknowledgements

The author declares that there is no conflict of
Therefore, the bias can be minimized and re-
interests exist in this article and would like to
duce the likelihood of having a mono-directional
thank Dr. Ademir Franco of The Pontifícia Uni-
interpretation due to inaccuracy of bite imprint
versidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
as skin is considered a poor medium for accu-
for his assistance in preparing the photographs.
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rate impressions . In addition, as a complemen-
tary to the bite mark on human skins, the author
suggests the use non-human substrate or per-
ishable items such as apples, cheese 10-12 or
pencils to measure the comparison accuracy
for teaching and learning purposes.

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