Transcription of Forensic Odontology Webquest
1 Name: _____ Date: _____ Period: _____ ID: _____ Forensic Odontology Webquest : 1. What evidence did Ted Bundy leave at the scene of his crime in the Chi Omega house? 2. What did investigators see when analyzing Bundy's plaster cast? 3. Is this individual or class evidence? 4. What two tasks do Forensic odontologists have? 5. What was the earliest example of Forensic dentistry? 6. How fast do teeth grow on average? Why is this important? 7. What else other than age can be distinguished from teeth? 8. What is unique about Asian and Native American incisors? 9. What can you learn about a person based on their teeth other than identity? 10. Which teeth are present in a full set of adult teeth? 11. What are the three most popular methods for labeling teeth? 12. Label the teeth in the diagram below: 13.
2 How many teeth does the average adult have? Name: _____ Date: _____ Period: _____ ID: _____ 14. How does the Universal System label the 20 deciduous baby teeth? 15. Why might it be more time consuming to match a person based on dental records than on fingerprint or DNA evidence? 16. Why do teeth remain longer than any other part after death and decomposition? 17. Why can victims of fires be identified by their teeth? (what temperature can teeth withstand?) 18. How can burned teeth be preserved? 19. How are bodies identified without dental records? 20. What part of the tooth contains a useful resource for DNA? 21. What factors are involved when analyzing a bite mark to determine the perpetrator's identity? 22. Why must a Forensic dentist be called immediately if a bite mark is suspected?
3 23. What is the first step in analyzing bite marks? 24. What is the second step? 25. What else must the dentist determine about the bite mark? 26. Why are photographs of the bites necessary? 27. What is the lividity stage characterized by? 28. What is formalin used for? 29. What are the terms and definitions that can be used to describe bite marks? 30. What is the difference between clear, obvious and noticeable impressions? 31. What is required in order to take a mold of a suspect's teeth? 32. Why might it be dangerous for a Forensic scientist to get too much information about the suspected biter prior to bite analysis? 33. What happened to Roy Brown and Ray Krone? 34. Are bite marks as unique as DNA or fingerprints?
