Forensic Odontology

As per available reports about 150 journals, 262 Conferences, 100 workshops are presently dedicated exclusively to forensic odontology and about 366282 articles are being published on the current trends in forensic odontology. In terms of research annually, USA, India, Japan, Brazil and Canada are some of the leading countries where maximum studies related to forensic odontology are being carried out. As reported in “Labial Impressions: A Tool for Identification” article, First recommendation to use lip prints as one of the tools in the court of law was done by France’s greatest criminologist Edmond Locard. The study was aimed to determine the differences in labial impression among races in Malaysia and to note if there is any change over a time period. The study recruited 60 subjects, consisted equal ratio of male and female subjects from the three races of Malaysia. The labial impressions of an indian subject was studied over a period of eight years. The lip prints were obtained on the strip of bond paper and was analysed using the Suzuki and Tsuchihashi classification. It was observed that Type II (72.50%) was the predominant pattern in Indian race and the least observed pattern was type III (33.75%). Type I′ (71.25%) was the most common pattern observed in Malays race and the least observed pattern was type I (12.50%). Type III (87.50%) was the most common pattern observed in Chinese and the least observed was type IV (0%). There was no change in lip print pattern over a period of eight years. Apart from the features mentioned according to the classification some additional features were noticed and these features were consistently followed and there was no changes observed over a period of eight years. The lip prints have potential in determining the race and sex of an individual. Since lip prints is different in every individual, so it can be used as a method for personal identification which may give contributions in crime scene investigations.

Journal of Forensic Research (JFR) is a scholarly Open Access journal that aims to publish most complete and reliable source of information on vast topics of Forensic discoveries that include various aspects of Forensic Genetics & DNA Analysis, Finger-printing & Techniques, Environmental Forensics, Forensic Clinical Medicine, Criminal Cases and current developments in the mode of original research and review articles, as well as case reports, short communications, commentaries, mini reviews and making them freely available online without any restrictions or any other subscriptions to researchers worldwide. This scientific journal includes a wide range of fields in its discipline to create a platform for the authors to make their contribution towards the journal and the editorial office promises a peer review process for the submitted manuscripts for the quality of scholarly publishing.

OMICS International – a pioneer in organizing international conferences. Meetings of different forensic specialties will be scheduled and coordinated by our Editorial Board Members and other experts from around the world. Again, the purpose is to stimulate discussion of new ideas and/or find new perspectives on traditional methods related to Forensic Science and techniques. This scientific program paves a way to gather ideas through oral and poster presentations.