One tooth, six clues: How a single tooth can help in identifying deceased persons

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A single tooth can contain valuable clues to a person's identity, even when remains are severely decomposed or reduced to bones, according to a study by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo. By applying multiple forensic methods to different tissues within a single tooth, the researchers obtained six types of information about the deceased. This integrated approach could provide…

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