PCE-006 - Keep it Interesting: Applying Forensic Odontology in Dental Education

Student engagement is an essential tool for the retention of learning objectives within integrated dental curricula. This seminar will demonstrate the application of forensics to the basic sciences such anatomy, pathology, and clinical dentistry. The aim is to encourage faculty to use forensic science to demonstrate the importance of human variation in the realm of medicolegal applications of comprehensive dentistry. This seminar will aid faculty in raising awareness amongst students to legal and ethical ramifications to expect in their dental careers, specifically with identification of human remains, aspects of crime scene investigation, and the practice of documentation in patient records.