Correct identification
Posted in Health on 08/11/2010 10:02 am by adminA retired police officer once told a good story of how a body found in Palm Beach was identified by the dental procedures done on it. Crime scenes involving badly decomposed cadavers often consult medical/dental forensic experts. Data gathered by the forensic dentist was passed on to dentists in palm beach with negative results. Medical forensics gave race/gender by the bone structure. Caucasian, data was sent to a cosmetic dentist stafford who helped pass the data. The cosmetic dentistry group was found. The victim was a traveler from Scotland. Next came DNA testing. After a long wait and many courses of action taken, the body was identified.
This story inspired a lot of kids in the neighborhood including Grandpop. He became a forensic dentist against his father will because this field of dentistry is one that few venture into. All would rather work on the living. The family now have a cosmetic dentist Stafford and two dentists in palm beach. The cosmetic dentistry group they are members of are reputable and humane. I am forensic dentist and enjoy being one. I still tell the story in the hope of inspiring other young minds to become a forensic dentist.

