Fotografias do sorriso na identificação humana: revisão de literatura

Abstract

Human identification through dental aspects has its importance founded especially on the practicality and reliability of the techniques employed and results, with its methods being classified as primary methods of human identification. Through the photographs of the smile it is possible to obtain a comparative analysis of the low cost and safe on the individual's personal characteristics, with respect to dental anatomy, lifelong trauma, dental techniques and aspects that make each smile unique as a mark of extremely personal identity. The objective of this work was to carry out a descriptive literature review with a qualitative approach on the application of photographs of the smile for comparative analysis in human identification. Using the main health databases as a source for research, provided that publications restricted to the last ten fifteen were made and in Portuguese and English. It can be obtained that, the knowledge of the technique using the photographs of the smile will contribute so that one always has resources for the human identification, even when the main sources of dental records absent, thus having the guarantee of an effective and safe technique.