A dental perspective on the successes and limitations of the disaster victim identification response to the Nepal earthquake
This article describes the forensic odontological analysis of the events of the 2015 Nepal earthquake. It identifies the problems encountered in the aftermath, lessons learned, and prospective future advances aimed at reducing the subjectivity in disaster victim identification (DVI). During a crisis...
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| author | Samarika Dahal Gopal Kumar Chaudhary Mani Raj Maharjan Eugen Dolma Walung |
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| description | This article describes the forensic odontological analysis of the events of the 2015 Nepal earthquake. It identifies the problems encountered in the aftermath, lessons learned, and prospective future advances aimed at reducing the subjectivity in disaster victim identification (DVI). During a crisis, dental practitioners, particularly forensic odontologists, can make a substantial contribution to DVI, as highlighted in this article. It also promotes best practices in forensic dentistry that may be used by anyone in situations with few resources or people to deal with comparable scenarios. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76e4708a2bcb4d6e8294a513ac0003352023-09-03T00:28:41ZengOxford University PressForensic Sciences Research2096-17902471-14112022-03-011510.1080/20961790.2022.2034716A dental perspective on the successes and limitations of the disaster victim identification response to the Nepal earthquakeSamarika Dahal0Gopal Kumar Chaudhary1Mani Raj Maharjan2Eugen Dolma Walung3Department of Oral Pathology & Forensic Dentistry, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, NepalThis article describes the forensic odontological analysis of the events of the 2015 Nepal earthquake. It identifies the problems encountered in the aftermath, lessons learned, and prospective future advances aimed at reducing the subjectivity in disaster victim identification (DVI). During a crisis, dental practitioners, particularly forensic odontologists, can make a substantial contribution to DVI, as highlighted in this article. It also promotes best practices in forensic dentistry that may be used by anyone in situations with few resources or people to deal with comparable scenarios.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20961790.2022.2034716Forensic sciencesearthquakeforensic dentistryidentificationNepal |
| spellingShingle | Samarika Dahal Gopal Kumar Chaudhary Mani Raj Maharjan Eugen Dolma Walung A dental perspective on the successes and limitations of the disaster victim identification response to the Nepal earthquake Forensic Sciences Research Forensic sciences earthquake forensic dentistry identification Nepal |
| title | A dental perspective on the successes and limitations of the disaster victim identification response to the Nepal earthquake |
| title_full | A dental perspective on the successes and limitations of the disaster victim identification response to the Nepal earthquake |
| title_fullStr | A dental perspective on the successes and limitations of the disaster victim identification response to the Nepal earthquake |
| title_full_unstemmed | A dental perspective on the successes and limitations of the disaster victim identification response to the Nepal earthquake |
| title_short | A dental perspective on the successes and limitations of the disaster victim identification response to the Nepal earthquake |
| title_sort | dental perspective on the successes and limitations of the disaster victim identification response to the nepal earthquake |
| topic | Forensic sciences earthquake forensic dentistry identification Nepal |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20961790.2022.2034716 |
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