Browsing Faculty of Dentistry by Author "Phillips, Vincent"
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A study to determine the forensic quality of records and record keeping by dentists in the greater Cape Town area
Opperman, Johan Frank (University of the Western Cape, 2018)South African dentists have a legal and ethical obligation to maintain complete and comprehensive dental records. In addition to the legal and ethical requirements, dental records are also important in the case of medico-legal ... -
Dental maturation of the permanent mandibular teeth of South African children and the relation to chronological age
Phillips, Vincent (University of Western Cape, 2008)Age estimation of the skeletal remains of children can be accomplished by examination of the ossification centres and the fusion of the epiphyseal plates of long bones. Dental age estimation is done by examining the eruption ... -
Sex estimation using the diagonal diameter measurements of first mandibular molars in a Sudanese sample
Phillips, Vincent (University of the Western Cape, 2020)Sexual identification of immature skeletal remains is still a complicated issue to solve in Forensic Anthropology. Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics ... -
Sexual dimorphism by measuring the mesiodistal width of the permanent maxillary and mandibular canine in a sample of the South African population in the Northern Suburb of Cape Town.
Abdellatif, Abdelhady (University of the Western Cape, 2019)Human identification is one of the major responsibilities in the field of Forensic Odontology as it plays a role in identifying deceased individuals using their oral and dental structures. Furthermore, human identification ... -
The validity of bite mark evidence for legal purposes
Xu, Yuan Chang (University of Western Cape, 2021)Bite mark evidence has been admitted into US courts since the 1870s. It quickly gained popularity after the conviction of W.E. Marx in 1974 for manslaughter using primarily bite mark evidence. However, since the development ...