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Challenging assumptions underlying bite mark comparison

Dr Pratik Tarvadi, Dr Richard Bassed, bitemarks, dentition, unique, skin as a registration medium, anatomical position, elasticity.

Does the discipline of bite mark comparison have a valid scientific foundation? Dr Bassed and Dr Tarvadi examine this question by challenging the assumptions on which bite mark comparison is based.

*References for images

Certain images in the video are sourced from ‘Jain N, Textbook of Forensic Odontology (2013)’.

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