How do dental impressions help police identify unidentified dead people since most people don’t get dental impressions when they’re alive?

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How do dental impressions help police identify unidentified dead people since most people don’t get dental impressions when they’re alive?

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Dental patients often get X-rays as they are treated. It’s the easiest way to check for impacted wisdom teeth. The x-ray is almost as good as the impression since it can give a relative size and orientation of the teeth. Other records of work like fillings help too.

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