Question

three individuals are found in a car crash and fire. the bodies are badly burned. the car was identified and the parents of the passengers are known. each skull contains teeth with dental work. which procedure would best be used by a forensic odontologist to identify the bodies?

• examine the dental remains for baby teeth
• compare postmortem x - rays with antemortem x - rays and dental records
• determine the age from the ratio of d - aspartic acid to l - aspartic acid in the dentin of each individual
• determine the gender from examining the maxillary cuspid

question 4
1 pts
in which historical example were bite marks used to convict a criminal?

• major general joseph warren
• lollia paulina
• doyle v. texas
• miranda v. arizona

Explanation:

For the first question, comparing postmortem X - rays with antemortem X - rays and dental records is a common and reliable forensic odontology method for identification. For the second question, in the case of Doyle v. Texas, bite marks were used in the criminal conviction.

Answer:

First question: compare postmortem X rays with antemortem X rays and dental records
Second question: Doyle v. Texas