Odontograma forense antemortem en el personal del Cuerpo de Bomberos Voluntarios. Cuenca 2022

Abstract

The odontogram is a faithful, graphic description of a person's mouth, which is why it serves as an effective means of personal and medico-legal identification. The objective of this study was to characterize an antemortem forensic odontogram in the rented personnel of the Volunteer Fire Department of the city of Cuenca, year 2022, with a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional design, without a sample, to 127 of the 139 analyzed (12 did not attend or refused). For the registration and data collection, an instrument (file) was used that integrates the study variables: sociodemographic, facial, and dental characteristics and forensic features due to dental pathologies, dental treatment, and non-carious pathologies. In the end, it was possible to single out those studied according to the variables and all the constant features in the individual odontogram, especially those that may persist after death by cremation. The incidence of dental caries and especially dental wear due to attrition, stands out remarkably. By having an average of twenty-five forensic features per individual (without considering facial features), it is concluded that this study provides a valuable tool for postmortem positive identification in people who, due to their profession, such as firefighters, could be unrecognizable by other means.