amination
conducted that date, "the remains in the grave marked as Lee Harvey Oswald
are indeed Lee Harvey Oswald." This conclusion was based upon comparison
of the postmortem dental findings with existing antemortem dental charts and
radiographs. The left mastoidectomy defect also correlated with the antemortem
medical records.
Acknowledgment
Special
notes of appreciation to the Photography Unit of the University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio for the security measures employed while developing
and print-
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Table 3 - Forensic dental examination
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Tooth |
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No.(a) |
Name |
Finding |
Source(b) |
Remarks |
Charting |
Radiographs |
Remarks |
Correlation |
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1 |
maxillary |
missing |
2,3,4 |
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partially |
partially |
tooth unerupted at |
consistent |
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right third |
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erupted |
erupted |
time of antemortem |
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molar |
not visible |
5 |
radiographs |
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exam and radio- |
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do
not show |
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graphs |
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maxillary bone |
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2 |
maxillary |
occlusal |
2 |
10/25/56 |
occlusal |
occlusal |
error in charting; |
probably |
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right second |
lingual |
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caries |
caries |
should have been |
consistent |
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molar |
metallic restoration |
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marked on tooth 3 |
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only; really new |
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normal |
5 |
3/27/58 |
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caries between |
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1958 and 1963 |
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3 |
maxillary |
occlusal lingual |
2, 5 |
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occlusal lingual |
large occlusal |
restorations show |
consistent |
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right first |
metallic restora- |
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amalgam resto- |
restoration |
similar radiographic |
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molar |
tion |
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ration |
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morphology |
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mesial and distal fossa occlusal |
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restorations completed after last |
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amalgam resto- |
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antemortem records |
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rations |
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4 |
maxillary |
normal |
5 |
3/27/58 |
distal caries |
distal caries |
new caries developed |
consistent |
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right second |
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between 1958 and |
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molar |
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1963 |
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5 |
maxillary |
occlusal metallic |
2, 5 |
… |
occlusal amalgam |
occlusal metallic |
restorations show |
identical |
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right first |
restoration |
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restoration |
restoration |
identical radio- |
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premolar |
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graphic morphol- |
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ogy |
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6 |
maxillary |
normal |
… |
… |
prominent facial |
… |
… |
… |
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right cuspid |
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tubercule |
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8 |
maxillary |
normal |
… |
… |
rotated distally |
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consistent |
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right central |
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incisor |
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mesial caries |
mesial caries |
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9 |
maxillary |
rotated |
2 |
10/25/56 |
rotated distally |
… |
… |
consistent |
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left central |
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incisor |
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10 |
maxillary |
distal amalgam |
2, 3 |
5/14/58 |
distal amalgam |
… |
… |
consistent |
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left lateral |
restoration |
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restoration |
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incisor |
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12 |
maxillary |
occlusal metallic |
2 |
10/25/56 |
occlusal amalgam |
occlusal metallic |
restorations show |
consistent |
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left first |
restoration |
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restoration |
restoration |
identical radiographic |
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premolar |
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morphology |
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distal |
3 |
no date |
no distal |
no distal |
error in charting; |
probably |
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