Dental record form for forensic purposes
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Keywords
forensic dentistry, dental record, identification of people, record keeping
Abstract
This research aims to develop a dental record form for use in forensic investigations. An exploratory, descriptive and correlational, cross-sectional, non-experimental and field study was conducted. As data collection techniques, the observation was applied and its instruments were the checklist and the medical records of which the consistency of the filling was analyzed, other technique used with the questionnaire as an instrument was used. The study population consisted of 150 students from which a sample of 108 was chosen. Results indicate that the information register in the clinical record was moderately satisfactory in the intraoral data section (60.2%), the extraoral data not satisfactory (51.9%), the registration of complementary exams with unsatisfactory of (63%) as they presented weaknesses in the filling of all these sections. In this way, on the basis of the results obtained in the evaluations, it was possible to determine characteristics and data suitable for the implementation of a dental record sheet applicable in forensic investigations.
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Marcelo David Mancheno Dávila, National University of Chimborazo, Ecuador
Student, Faculty of Health Sciences.Verónica Paulina Cáceres Manzano, Professor Faculty of Health Sciences, Ecuador
Student, Faculty of Health SciencesMaría Eugenia Lucena, National University of Chimborazo, Ecuador
PhD
Luisa Carolina González Ramírez, National University of Chimborazo, Ecuador
Teacher Faculty of Health Sciences