Agenesia dentária e sua importância em uma possível identificação humana

Abstract

Forensic Dentistry is increasingly used for the identification of corpses, since this area has shown effectiveness in its work even in serious cases in which the corpse is already in an advanced stage of decomposition, because dental elements are highly mineralized, they have great durability, longevity and high resistance to extreme conditions of degradation. The objective of this work was to demonstrate the importance of identifying dental anomalies as a quantitative and qualitative parameter in the dental-legal analysis of the dental arch. In 2022, a 21-year-old female patient attended the Cesumar University (UniCesumar) Dental Clinic, complaining of multiple missing teeth in the upper and lower arches. After performing the anamnesis and standard radiological examinations (radiographs and tomography), the presence of tooth agenesis was observed in two elements (35 and 45). Each individual has different dental arches, with dental treatments, wear resulting from habits and oral parafunctions, in addition to the possible presence of congenital anomalies - one of the factors that can help in the process of human identification. It is concluded, from this case report, that the identification of individuals through forensic dentistry is extremely useful, in addition, dental anomalies play a fundamental role in the process of identification by the teeth present in the human arch and, among the possible anomalies, tooth agenesis can be diagnosed at the time of clinical or radiographic evaluation of a patient being treated in any area of dentistry