Awareness On the Importance of Forensic Odontology in the Dental Curriculum

Abstract

Introduction:Forensic dentistry or forensic odontology is the branch of dentistry that deals with legal issues. Forensic odontology is a branch of dentistry that deals with legal issues.Forensic dentistry is now an integral part of forensic medicine over the last 100 years. It may also be subcategorized into forensic-odonto-toxicology, which deals with cases of poisoning, but this field has yet to gain global popularity.Materials And Methods:Self-administered questionnaire was designed On the topic “Awareness on the importance of forensic Odontology in the dental curriculum “ The questionnaire was distributed through a google forms link. The study population also included 130 post graduate dental students.Results:In the present study 68.5% were aware about Barr bodies,In the present report, 56.2 %of the individuals decided that keeping records would be useful for forensic identification experts Conclusion:The present study concludes that there is a moderate awareness on the importance of Forensic Odontology in the dental curriculum.