Role of Periodontics in Forensic Dentistry

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Forensic dentistry deals with the examination, handling, and presentation of dental evidence for the legal system. It is a challenging and fascinating branch of dentistry that applies dental sciences and records for the identification of deceased individuals through comparison of premortem and antemortem records. Human dentition is a crucial key in the identification of individuals as it can be considered as a hard tissue analogue to the fingerprint. This review article focuses on the application of periodontology in the various aspects of forensic dentistry.