Forensic Odontometallurgical Study: Study On The Correlation Of Elemental Concentration Of Dental Calculus With That Of The Habitual, Environmental / Geographical And Occupational Exposures Among The Gujarati Population

Abstract

Forensic Odontology is one of the fast developing and most important Subject in Forensic Science with the
numerous researches has been done in the area of Dentistry. The specific aspect of identification of individual through
dentition finds less number of research works. Application of dentistry for the purpose of identification through age
estimation and sexdetermination has been done a plenty. While establishing the identification through secondary
characteristics, there are hardly any studies available using non-invasive methods. An attempt has been in this study to
establish the correlation between geographical influences with the concentration of dental minerals. It is also to establish the
influence of exposure of various chemicals due to occupation with the quantitative presence in the dental calculus. A total of
135 subjects have been studied for the examination of elemental components with their quantity in the dental calculus.
Significant results were obtained for the association of chronic exposure with the accumulation of minerals in the dental
calculus. This can be contemplated as Geographical & Occupational Marker for any individual with the Qualitative and
Quantitative Analysis of elements those are present in the dental calculus by EDXRF method (Energy Dispersive X-Ray
Fluorescence Spectroscopy)