FRSC 3010 Exam Questions and

FRSC 3010 – Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) What is the study of forensic odontology? - Correct Answers ✅The use of teeth to provide information about the identification of victims when a body is left in an unrecognizable state. Bite mark analysis can be performed to identify the perpetrator of a crime What is the difference between dentistry and forensic odontology? - Correct Answers ✅Dentistry is the evaluation, diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, disorders and/or conditions of the oral cavity and maxillofacial area. It is considered to be part of complete oral health.Forensic odontology involves the proper handling, examining and evaluation of dental evidence, which will then be presented in the interest of justice. This is done using dental records or ante-mortem photographs.

True or False: At about age six most children lose their baby

teeth - Correct Answers ✅True How many teeth do adults have? - Correct Answers ✅Adults have 32 teeth. Among these teeth are 8 incisors, 4 canines, 8 premolars, and 12 molars What is the importance of tooth enamel? - Correct Answers ✅Tooth enamel is considered to be the hardest substance of human anatomy. This means it can persist in harsh conditions 1 / 4

FRSC 3010 – Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) such as a plane crash or an explosion. Tooth enamel is often used in the identification of people in mass disaster events

True or False: Teeth interact with our environment, as such,

can reflect conditions an individual has experienced in life - Correct Answers ✅True When is forensic odontology most often employed? - Correct Answers ✅In missing person cases, unidentified bodies and mass disaster cases What is a prerequisite to human identification from dental records? - Correct Answers ✅Having dental X-rays prior to death What are variables in the study of odontology? - Correct Answers ✅Number, size, and position of teeth, and the amount, size, location of dental work.What are the problems associated with human identification from dental records? - Correct Answers ✅Teeth change over time, need forensic odontologist to assess variability between teeth from remains and X-rays

Give an example of when forensic odontology was used: -

Correct Answers ✅The Swiss Air 111 Crash. On a flight from New York to Geneva there was an electrical fire that 2 / 4

FRSC 3010 – Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) cause the crash of a plane in Atlantic Ocean off Peggy's Cove in Halifax. There was an estimated 15,000 body parts recovered. 90 of the victims were able to be identified using dental records What is bite mark analysis? - Correct Answers ✅The practice of comparing dental impressions made on a victim's skin with a suspect's dentition

True or False: Forensic Odontology is a commonly used

technique in Canada - Correct Answers ✅False --> It is not used due to it being controversial and unreliable What is a famous case that used forensic odontology for conviction purposes? - Correct Answers ✅The Ted Bundy Case What are the two basic assumptions that forensic odontology relies on? - Correct Answers ✅- That dental impressions are unique to an individual

• That human skin reliably records the transfer and

preservation of a bite-mark impression What are common issues with forensic odontology? - Correct Answers ✅- Neither of the two premises has been proven

• NAS report concluded there was no scientific underpinning

to the discipline 3 / 4

FRSC 3010 – Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)

• PCAST report concluded that it is not a scientifically valid

and is unlikely to ever be validated

• Many reports refer to bite mark analysis as "junk science"

True or False: Forensic Odontology has been used in US courts

since 1950s and is still in use today - Correct Answers ✅True

True or False: Since 2000, at least 24 men convicted or

charged with murder or rape based on bite mark evidence in the US has been exonerated - Correct Answers ✅True What is forensic anthropology? - Correct Answers ✅Involves the processing and analyzing of human skeletal remains within the context of a legal investigation What are human remains are assed to determine? - Correct Answers ✅Age, Gender, Race, Height, Stature

True or False: During and after the Second World War and the

Korean War, forensic anthropologists became involved in the identification of war dead - Correct Answers ✅True When was the Physical Anthropology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences was established? - Correct Answers ✅1972

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