How are bite mark forensics a poor measure of determining whether a suspect matches the evidence found?

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How are bite mark forensics a poor measure of determining whether a suspect matches the evidence found?

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There’s is a good Netflix documentary about the guy who singlehandedly developed bitemark forensics, and it was eventually proven it was total bullshit. The method was unscientific and pretty much allowed the operator to ‘make the bites match’ in a semi convincing way to juries. It was proven bullshit years later when DNA evidence started showing that the people convicted with it were innocent.