Primary Tooth Development in Infancy

P. Sema Aka, BDS, PhD, is a retired professor in the Department of Prosthodontics and Faculty of Medicine as well as in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Branch of Forensic Odontology at the University of Ankara, Turkey. She is also president of the Forensic Odontology Committee of the Forensic Scientists Society in Ankara. Murat Yagan, MD, is a forensic medicine specialist at The Council of Forensic Medicine, Directorship of Afyonkarahisar Agency Department in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. Nergis Canturk, MD, is a forensic medicine specialist as well as an associate professor and head of Department of Criminalistics at the University of Ankara, Turkey. Rukiye Dagalp, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Ankara, Turkey.

Human Dentition and Notation. Human Dentition. Dental Development. Dental Structures. Functions of Dental Structures. Dental Discrimination, Notation and Recording. Photographing and Measuring Techniques for Dental Evidence. Forensic Importance of Dental Evidence. Scaling for Dental Evidences During Photographing. Photographing Technique for Dental Evidence. Measuring Techniques for Dental Evidence. Morphology and Development of Primary Dentition. Discrimination of Dentition. Morphology of Primary Dentition. The Development of the Primary Dentition. Dental Identification and Age Estimation from Teeth. Achieving Dental Evidence from Oral Autopsy. Identification from Teeth. Age Estimation Software. APPENDIX. Abbreviations. Glossary. Index.