dental records

noun

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

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Police previously said Huang and her friend, killed as collateral damage, were shot before they were torched — so thoroughly that Parrilla had to be identified through dental records. Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025 Rutherford said the coroner’s office used clothing and dental records to extract DNA and confirm Baker’s identity. Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025 In July, the body found under the staircase was finally identified, through the use of dental records, as Colin Kerdachi. Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025 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 See all Example Sentences for dental records 

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“Dental records.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dental%20records. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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