THE CONTRIBUTION OF DENTISTRY TO THE FORENSIC DEPARTMENT OF VITÓRIA/ES

Through an experience report, this article addresses the contribution of Dentistry at the Department of Legal Medicine in Vitória/ES, to raise the importance of the discipline of forensic dentistry in the course material and content. The purpose of this article is to report and share experiences abo...

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Autores: Magalhães, Luciana Vigorito, Carletti, Talita Malini, do Nascimento, Maryane Barcellos, Pacheco, Karina Tonini dos Santos, Barbosa, Roberto Sarcinelli, Carvalho, Kátia Souza
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP)
Repositorio:Revista Ciência em Extensão
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs-new.unesp.br:article/1563
Acceso en línea:https://ojs.unesp.br/index.php/revista_proex/article/view/1563
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Forensic dentistry. Forensic anthropology. Human identification.
Odontología forense. Antropología forense. Identificación humana
Odontologia Legal. Antropologia Forense. Identificação Humana.
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Sumario:Through an experience report, this article addresses the contribution of Dentistry at the Department of Legal Medicine in Vitória/ES, to raise the importance of the discipline of forensic dentistry in the course material and content. The purpose of this article is to report and share experiences about activities in the Extension Project “Forensic Dentistry in the DML”. Through the participation of graduate students as trainees in Forensic Anthropology sector, it shows the vital role of the dentist: in supporting human identification, in confronting data of preexisting bones and facilitates understanding. Thus, interaction with other professionals and sectors allows a multidisciplinary experience and increases knowledge about the structure and operation of The Department of Legal Medicine, encouraging students to participate in an area underexplored in Dentistry.