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Palmela Pereira C

Auxiliary Professor Dental Faculty, University of Lisbon, Portugal Scientific Consultant of Forensic Dentistry at INMLCF South Branch, Lisbon, Portugal

Biography

Dr. Cristiana Palmela Pereira received her DDS degree in Dental Medicine from Dental Faculty, Lisbon University in 2000, and her MSc and Ph.D. degree in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences from Medical Faculty, Lisbon University, Portugal, respectively in 2005 and 2010. She is Assistant Professor at the Dental Faculty, University of Lisbon. During this period, Dr. Cristiana Palmela Pereira also worked as a Forensic Adviser (Forensic Consultant of Forensic Dentistry) at the Portuguese Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, South Branch in Lisbon, until present. She is Forensic Odontologist of the DVI (Disaster Victim Identification) Portuguese Team.

Publications

Medico-Legal Age Estimation in a Sub-adult Portuguese Population: Validation of Atlas Schour and Massler and London

Introduction: Age estimation in children and adolescents often depends on morphological methods, such as examination of dental development. Objectives: The aim of this project was to validate, in a Portuguese population, two forensic methods of dental age estimation – Schour and Massler charts and the London atlas. Materials and Methods: The ... Read More»

Cesário C, Santos R, Pestana D and Palmela Pereira C

Research Article: J Civil Legal Sci 2016, 5:196

DOI: 10.4172/2169-0170.1000196

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