Priority Action Report

Odontology

Crime Scene / Death Investigation

David Senn for Robert Barsley

February 11, 2016
Subcommittee Leadership

Position Name Organization Term Email

Chair Barsley, Robert ABFO 4 rbarsl@lsuhsc.edu

Vice Chair Senn, David ABFO 2 senn@uthscsa.edu

Executive 

Secretary

Metcalf, Roger ABFO 3 rmetcalf@tarrantcounty.com

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Subcommittee Members

# Name Organization Term Email

1 Barsley, Robert ABFO ? SAC rbarsl@lsuhsc.edu

2 Bush, Mary AAFS 3 bushma@buffalo.edu

3 Cimrmancic, Mary AAFS 4 mary.cimrmancic@marquette.edu

4 Dobrin, Larry ABFO 3 the.dobie@comcast.net

5 Evans, Carla AAO 2 caevans@uic.edu

6 Freeman, Adam ABFO 4 drafreeman@westportdental.com

7 Lewis, Jim ABFO 3 jmlewisdmd@knology.net

8 Loomis, Peter ABFO 3 peterdds@msn.com

9 McGivney, Jim ABFO 2 mcgivney.jim@gmail.com

10 Metcalf, Roger ABFO 3 rmetcalfdds@gmail.com

11 Pitluck, Haskell AAFS 4 pitluck@mc.net

12 Senn, David AAFS 2 senn@uthscsa.edu

13 Shiroma, Calvin JPAC 2 calvin.y.shiroma.civ@mail.mil

14 Stanford, Sharon ADA 4 stanfords@ada.org

15 Wing, Brad IAI 4 Brad.Wing@NIST.gov

16 Wright, Frank ABFO 2 frankwright20@gmail.com

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Leesburg, VA

Odontology Subcommittee 

January 29-31, 2016

Members Affiliates Observers

Senn Paula Brumit Ken Aschheim

Metcalf Warren Tewes

CImrmancic

Dobrin

Evans

Freeman

Loomis

Pitluck

Shiroma

Stanford

Wing

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Discipline Description

Forensic Odontology: 

The application of dentistry to 

legal issues including, but not 

limited to, human identification, 

bitemark analysis, age estimation, 

litigation, oral and facial injuries, 

and human abuse and neglect.

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Topic 1: Overview of SDOs 

Priority Level: High

• Brad Wing, Secretariat AAFS Academy Standards Board

• Sharon Stanford, Director, Standards Administration ADA

Insight into similarities and differences of the two SDOs

Encouraged early choice of SDO to facilitate document 

development

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Dental Identification Task Group

Chair: Peter Loomis

Priority Level: High

Two products from this task group

• ANSI/ADA Standard No. 1058, Forensic Dental Data Set

• Uniform nomenclature for forensic dental data with standardized terms to 

convey information for human identification.

• On its way to Registry

• ADA Technical Report No. 1088, Human Identification by 

Comparative Dental Analysis

• Guidelines for dental identification formatted for SDO

• Pending comments from Odontology Subcommittee

• Return to SDO in late February

• Public Comment Adjudication in Spring 2016 

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Dental Identification Task Group

Chair: Peter Loomis

Priority Level: High

• Discussed mechanisms for working with DVI Subcommittee to 

share appropriate Odontology documents with that subcommittee

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Odontology Subcommittee

Report on Virtual Subcommittee meeting

Karla Evans

• Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other 

Biometric Information 

• Digital transmissions standards, not a guideline 

• Users implement their specifications. 

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Dental Age Assessment Task Group

Mary Cimrmancic for Chair Jim Lewis

Priority Level: High

• Draft guidelines for dental age assessment formulated from multiple 

sources

• Chair in discussions with selected SDO (ADA)

• Edit documents using ADA Standard 1077

• Reformatted document to be returned to Odontology Subcommittee for 

review

• No specific timeline

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Oral and Perioral Injuries: 

Abuse and Neglect Task Group

Chair: Larry Dobrin

Priority Level: High

• Integrating information from US and International sources

• Guidelines development strategies

• Recognition

• Medical assessment

• Dental assessment

• Differential Diagnoses

• Proposed SDO selection (ADA)

• Proposed adding John Melville, MD to group (Child abuse specialist)

• No specific timeline

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Bitemark Task Group

Co-Chair Adam Freeman for Co-Chair Frank Wright

Priority Level: High

• Draft definition and criteria for human bitemark

• Developed evidence collection guidelines 

• Developed proposed algorithm (decision tree)

• Co-Chairs in discussions with selected SDO (AAFS ASB)

• Reformatting documents to conform to AAFS ASB SDO 

• No specific timeline

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Odontology Subcommittee

Research Needs:

• Digital 3D Imaging of Patterned Injuries on human skin

• Quality and quantity of concordant features required for human 

Identification

• Critical Comparison of Dental Age Assessment Methods 

• Specific Population Studies in Age Estimation 

• Methods for determination of error rates in forensic odontology

• Reliability of Bitemark Analysis methodology

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Odontology Subcommittee

KAVI live demonstration

Peter Loomis

• Review documents

• Add comments

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Odontology Subcommittee

Reports from Liaison Committee meetings

• Quality Infrastructure Committee -Mary Cimrmancic

• Legal Resource Committee- Haskell Pitluck/Roger Metcalf

Formation of new task group

• Odontology terminology task group

• Develop terminology/glossary of forensic odontology terms

• Members

• Bob Barsley- Chair

• Ken Aschheim

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Odontology Subcommittee

Two affiliates approved for elevation to 

Odontology Subcommittee membership

• Paula Brumit

• Warren Tewes

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Odontology Subcommittee

Carla Evans

Report on status of 3D Imaging 

• 3D Facial Scanners

• Remote Sensors

• New Technology placeholder in KAVI

• Adapt Orthodontic photographic standards to forensic odontology

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Odontology Subcommittee

Two affiliates approved for elevation to Odontology 

Subcommittee membership

• Paula Brumit

• Warren Tewes

Greg Davis suggested adding statistician David Banks of Duke 

University to Odontology Subcommittee

Discussed adding a Maxillofacial Radiologist to the Odontology 

Subcommittee

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