Affiliation:
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow.
2. PG student, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow.
4. Professor And Head, Department Of Oral Pathology And Microbiology, Babu Banarasi Das College Of Dental Sciences, Lucknow.
Abstract
Forensic Odontology is the branch of forensic science that deals with identication of the deceased in
cases of mass disaster, natural calamities, crime scene etc. Virtopsy can be used as an alternative to
autopsy as it uses scanning and imaging technology to detect ndings in corpses. It is a multi-disciplinary technology that
combines forensic medicine and pathology, roentgenology, computer graphics, biomechanics, and physics . Virtopsy is rapidly
gaining importance in the eld of forensics.
Subject
General Medicine,Immunology,Immunology and Allergy,General Mathematics,Urban Studies,Architecture,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,General Earth and Planetary Sciences,Anthropology,Cultural Studies,Law,Sociology and Political Science,Earth-Surface Processes,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Global and Planetary Change,Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Animal Science and Zoology
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