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J Korean Dent Assoc. 2022;60(7):446-452. Published online June 30, 2022.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2022.60.7.004
법치의학적 개인식별의 생전 자료 질향상을 위한 임상의의 역할
이상섭 
가톨릭대학교 의과대학 해부학교실·가톨릭응용해부연구소
The Role of Clinician for Improving Quality of Antemortem Data in Dental Identification
Sang-Seob Lee 
Department of Anatomy · Catholic Institute for Applied Anatomy College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea
Corresponding author: Sang-Seob Lee  Tel: +82-02-2258-7672,  Fax: +82-02-537-7081,  Email: sslee1418@gmail.com
Received: May 11, 2022; Revised: May 18, 2022   Accepted: June 17, 2022.
Abstract
Forensic identification using the dental characteristics is one of the most powerful scientific methods of iden-tification. Since dental identification is performed by comparing the dental characteristics between antemortem and postmortem data, success or failure is determined according to the quality and quantity of antemortem data. Antemortem data is ultimately produced and managed by clinicians, therefore, clinician is also one of the im-portant factors for successful identification. In this study, the types of antemortem data which is used for dental identification and methods to improve the quality of antemortem data, were reviewed. And suggestions were given to clinicians for increasing the success rate of identification. It is expected that through this mutual com-munication between forensic odontologists and clinicians, the identification rate of missing persons in Korea can be improved.

Keywords :Dental Identification; Antemortem Data; Clinician

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