Evaluating dental student competency in forensic rugoscopy for human identification
Panjit Chunhabundit, Tawepong Arayapisit, Natchalee Srimaneekarn · 2025
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Description
Panjit Chunhabundit, Tawepong Arayapisit, and Natchalee Srimaneekarn test dental students at forensic palate reading in a 2025 study. The ridges on the roof of the mouth, rugae, survive much that destroys other identifiers. But can near dentists, not forensic specialists, match them reliably?
Fifty four final year students matched forty stripped casts, teeth removed, in two rounds a week apart. Average accuracy hit about eighty three percent at under a minute and a half per match, with repeat agreement from substantial to near perfect. The authors conclude trained students can back up scarce forensic specialists in identification work. They call for standard scoring rules to lift accuracy further.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Panjit Chunhabundit, Tawepong Arayapisit, Natchalee Srimaneekarn |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |