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Scala Colorimetrica 'NNDV'. BREVETTO USA No. 13/225,844, Università degli Studi di Bari
No full textProfessional liability and structure of litigation in dentistry
No full textThis study analyses 101 medico-legal consultations issued in cases of professional liability in dentistry in Italy. The aim was to review professional liability lawsuits against dentists and compare them with previous statistical analyses relating to the past ten years. The results confirm most data from previous dental litigation studies and are comparable to previous studies also for what concerns the type of accident, the assessment of bodily harm, and other adjunctive items (role of insurance and demographics): increased use of dental prostheses (70%) associated with endodontic injury and implant failures in half of the cases; recurrence of a limited number of errors specific for each branch of dentistry; increased defeats in judicial proceedings by medical providers (90%); joint liability in 10% of cases; frequent recourse to judicial proceedings (40%); fewer extrajudicial settlements by insurance companies (25%); predominance of male dentists (mean age 50 years) and middle aged female patients (75%); decreased amounts of damages for bodily harm. The amount of the resultant costs of revision procedures and services required to repair harm have been estimated at Euro 17,757.00 per accident, with a considerable increase of Lire 6,500,000 (Euro 3,356.97) in 1998 (178 cases settled by insurance companies) and Euro 6,539.00 in the period 1998-2004 (75 medico-legal decisions)
Gestione e riservatezza dei dati personali del paziente nello studio professionale ortodontico
No full textDevelopment of a Colorimetric Scale as a Visual Aid for the Time of Bruising in Blunt Trauma and Bitemark.
No full textAfter attending this presentation, attendees will learn more about color of bruise versus age of bruise and how a colorimetric scale may be visual aid for the assessment of the age of bruising. This presentation will impact the forensic science community by introducing two prototype colorimetric scales with and without linear measurement, each with six bruising colors, three circles with black and white calibrators to be used for forensic photography of white European
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Radiographic dental implants recognition for geographic evaluation in human identification
Full text linkDental implants for prosthetic rehabilitation with fixed crown or mobile partial/total dentures is a very common oral treatment among the population in Italy as elsewhere. There is a great number of implant systems of different designs. However, a catalogue of radiographic images and a description of the dental implants available in Italy would be useful in order to identify the manufacturer and the type of implant encountered in forensic casework. When an unidentified body is found with one or more implants in the jaws, and no dental record is available, clues gleaned from the type of implants used could give direction to the investigation. In this study Italian implant manufactures were contacted and asked to provide specimen implants. Digital radiographs were taken of all the implants donated at 0°, 30°, and 60° horizontal rotation, combined with -20°, -10°, 0°, +10°, and +20° vertical inclination relative to the radiographic beam and the X-ray sensor. A total of 15 images per implant were taken and examined to identify consistent, unique features that would aid in implant recognition. Only those observations made from radiographs between -10° and +10° vertical inclination would ever be used for definite identification of any implant. The information from this study should be considered a survey of the commercial distribution of dental implants in Italy through their digital radiographic images. It is also a starting point for a wider geographical evaluation of different manufacturers in other countries and continents. The radiographic images provided should help both the forensic odontologist and the prosthodontist to identify pre-existing implants which they may discover from their radiographic images
La consulenza medico legale e la responsabilità del Perito/CTU Odontoiatra.
No full textL’odontoiatria ha l’obiettivo di ripristinare lo stato di salute del cavo orale migliorando le funzionalità dell’apparato stomatognatico. L’odontoiatra deve possedere tutte quelle regole di buona condotta, tecnica, deontologica e morale, a cui qualunque professionista dovrebbe attenersi nello svolgimento della propria attività. La professione odontoiatrica può anche contemplare attività medicolegale in ambito di responsabilità medica, sia civile che penale. E questo sia che l’odontoiatra svolga la funzione di ausiliario del medico legale che in qualità di consulente tecnico d’ufficio ovvero perito. Tale attività deve coniugare l’applicazione di conoscenze biologiche e tecniche delle scienze odontoiatriche con una adeguata preparazione nell’ambito della dottrina giuridica e medico legale. Il consulente tecnico/perito odontoiatra incorre infatti in precise responsabilità quando svolge l’incarico affidatogli dal giudice e le possibili conseguenze per non aver saputo svolgere correttamente il predetto incarico sono specificatamente previste dalla legge penale e civile a seconda del sistema giudiziario nazionale. È opinione degli autori che gli odontoiatri che intendono partecipare all’amministrazione della Giustizia abbiano una maggiore presa di coscienza dei propri limiti in assenza di quei presupposti culturali e metodologici che caratterizzano la medicina legale. A nostro parere il modo migliore per valutare una responsabilità professionale odontoiatrica è attraverso la consulenza collegiale di un medico legale e di un odontoiatra esperto in medicina legale e odontologia forense. Solo l’odontoiatra che avrà frequentato idonei strumenti formativi di tipo medico-giuridico potrà ritenersi sufficientemente pronto ad affrontare autonomamente casi di responsabilità professionale e specifici ambiti tecnico-forensi finalizzati alla identificazione personale e all’analisi di lesioni da morso umano
Assessing chronological age of unaccompanied minors in Southern Italy
Full text linkThe increasing volume of, and subsequent complexities resulting from, migratory flows in the broader context of globalization has led to a range of problems, not only the protection of human rights and disease control but also the identification of those with the right to apply for refugee status and the age assessment of unaccompanied minors. Italy is a magnet for immigration from other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea because the Italian coasts are within easy reach. In Italy, as in other western countries, unaccompanied asylum seekers deemed to be younger than 18 years face a very different path through the immigration system from that experienced by adults. Generally, adults are subject to immediate deportation or detention in jail. Minors are processed through the juvenile system, where detection is not mandatory; they will often have access to educational programs and may be granted a residency permit. The Section of Legal Medicine of the University of Bari was approached by immigration police authorities and judges to explore the possibility of examining unaccompanied asylum seekers, who claim do be younger than 18 years, to assess their age. A group of forensic pathologists and odontologists performed this evaluation relying on the skeletal maturation as seen on radiographs of the wrist and the pelvis for iliac crests and on an orthopantomograph, together with background information and clinical examination of each individual. Case studies are presented. This article does not attempt to give a definitive account of the different scientific methods for the assessment of age. It is important to understand some of the methods that may be used in an attempt to assess developmental maturity and from which it may be possible to ''read off'' an approximate chronological age. © 2011 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Age estimation by pulp/tooth area ratio in canines: study of a Portuguese sample to test Cameriere's method
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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