Journal of Civil & Legal Sciences
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Cristiana Palmela Pereira

Assistant Professor Departments of Pharmacology Therapeutic and Dental Morphology Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Biography

Main objective of the working group is the identification and characterization of novel methodologies in medico-legal age estimation (MLAE) research that will result in the development of innovative forensic strategies for forensic human identification, focusing on forensic odontology science in dental research. Assessment, harmonization and validation of available methodologies in MLAE research; Creation and dissemination of standardized state of the art models and techniques for age estimation

Publications

The Role of Forensic Dentistry for Identification of a Criminal Sexual Assault: A Casework Report

The identification of an individual from dental traces collected at the crime scene is one of the objectives of the criminal investigation. When, at the crime scene, objects are found with tooth marks, the intervention of Forensic Dentistry may represent the only way to obtain positive identification of the author’s bite mark. The forensic an... Read More»

Cristiana Palmela Pereira and Jorge Costa Santos

Case Report: J Civil Legal Sci 2015, 4:138

DOI: 10.4172/2169-0170.1000138

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