Visual assessment is no substitute for radiographic analysis - a forensic case report

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Robinson, Liam
Nel, Chane
Bernitz, Herman

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South African Dental Association

Abstract

While preparing the foundations for a new house, a builder happened to find a small mandible buried just below the surface. Human skeletal remains in the form of a mandible were submitted to the forensic odontology unit at the University of Pretoria for age assessment.

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Mandible, Buried, University of Pretoria, Forensic odontology unit

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Robinson, L.M., Nel, C. & Bernitz, H. 2020, 'Visual assessment is no substitute for radiographic analysis - a forensic case report', South African Dental Journal, vol. 75, no. 6, pp. 323-325.