Iris Publishers Journal of Dentistry & Oral Health

  Authored by  Nseme Etouckey E *, Summary Introduction:  During mass disasters, due to the quantity of bodies destroyed and their rapid decomposition, it is very often difficult to identify individuals. Today, this recognition can be made much easier by using the elements found in the ante-mortem oral file of the victims. This practice, which is increasingly common in the West, is very little used in our country where we have very few studies on the medico-legal value of this document. The purpose of the study was to determine the contribution of the oral file in the medico-legal identification in Yaoundé. Methods:  It was a descriptive and retrospective study conducted over a period of 8 months during 2021, in three hospitals in Yaoundé, namely the University Hospital of Yaoundé (CHUY), the Military Hospital of Yaoundé (HMY) and the Adventist Clinic of Yaoundé. Our research spanned a period of 4 years from January 2017 to December 2020. Our research spanned a perio...