Dental Radiographic/Digital Radiography Technology along with Biological Agents in Human Identification

Figure 2

A ground tooth section represents the cementum width from the dentinocemental junction to the cementum surface (a). A ground tooth section representing the secondary dentin thickness at the coronal third of root (b) (reprinted with permission, JCDR) [51]. Scanned image of a tooth section with American Board of Forensic Odontology no. 2 scales. The translucent dentin shown by the arrow has emerged as a dark area (c) (reprinted with permission, Wolters Kluwer-Medknow) [53]. Acridine orange has positively dyed cells from feminine samples because of the presence of Barr bodies (d) (reprinted with permission, Wolters Kluwer-Medknow) [57].

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