dental records

noun

: the information about a person's teeth that a dentist has

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The medical examiner’s office will first use dental records to make an identification, although that requires doctors to have some idea of who the person is, Ukpo said. Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025 By the late 1990s, authorities had identified eight men using dental records and available DNA technologies. CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025 By 1999, investigators had identified eight victims through dental records and the limited DNA technology available at the time. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025 Mitchell was identified through dental records, according to the sheriff’s office. Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dental records 

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