- Patent Title: Method, systems and kit for forensic identification, post mortem interval estimation and cause of death determination by recovery of dental tissue in physiological conditions
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Application No.: US14893328Application Date: 2014-05-20
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Publication No.: US10648893B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Carolina Inostroza Silva , Patricio Carrasco Tapia
- Applicant: UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
- Applicant Address: CL Santiago
- Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
- Current Assignee Address: CL Santiago
- Agency: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- International Application: PCT/IB2014/061568 WO 20140520
- International Announcement: WO2014/188345 WO 20141127
- Main IPC: C12Q1/68
- IPC: C12Q1/68 ; G01N1/30 ; A61B5/1178 ; A01N1/00 ; G01N1/08 ; G01N1/36 ; G01N1/00 ; G01N23/04

Abstract:
The present invention is related to a method for obtaining dental pulp and root cement in the forensic dentistry field, wherein the method comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a tooth; (b) taking a digital radiography to the tooth; (c) external rehydrating of the tooth; (d) perforating the rehydrated tooth; (e) internal rehydrating of dentin pulp complex (f) obtaining rehydrated root cement; (g) obtaining rehydrated dental pulp content with a low speed rotation tool; and (h) storing, preservation, processing and/or analyses of the rehydrated dental pulp content and rehydrated root cement, and the use of this method and kits thereof for forensic identification, estimation of post mortem interval (early and late) and determination of possible causes of death.
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