Disciplines and Occupations

Forensic Dentistry

The application of dental knowledge to questions of law.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The application of dental knowledge to questions of law.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Dentistry, Forensic

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

see note on FORENSIC MEDICINE; for human identif by teeth: coord FORENSIC DENTISTRY (IM) and specific dent heading (IM)

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History Note

65; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74; was heading 1963-64

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  1. H02w.163w.285w
  2. I01w.198w.780w.875w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Forensic Dentistry. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005553. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005553
  2. Forensic Dentistry. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_dentistry
  3. Forensic Dentistry. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1437164