If they don’t know who you are they can’t go to YOUR dentist, right? Is there a National database that stores all of our our bitewings – I don’t remember consenting to that! And teeth look a lot alike on those X-rays – do you need special training to tell one set apart from another?
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I don’t know what they do in other countries, but in South Korea, there’s a national health insurance database of medical records. If one had surgery on their jaw, it is possible to get the list of those who got the surgery. In case one got rare surgeries, it becomes easier.
Plus, there’s a network of dentists and denturists. If someone can recognize teeth, it is extremely helpful. Finally, medical records themselves can be helpful. For example, if a person had lost his first molar 10 years ago, it is highly possible that the body without its first molar would not be the person.
Sometimes, other pieces of information can be given by records. Teeth can tell lots of information, such as age, nutrition, where he lived, and what he usually ate. For example, eating lots of sunflower seeds can mark a black line on one’s front tooth. By using such a information, it would be possible to narrow down where the body came from.
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