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A hotel fire.

K B Petersen

    International Dental Journal
    |September 1, 1975
    PubMed
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    Dental identification in mass disasters is efficient with expert teams. A Copenhagen hotel fire showed that complete dental registration per victim takes approximately 5 man-hours, highlighting the need for sufficient dental experts.

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    Area of Science:

    • Forensic Odontology
    • Disaster Victim Identification

    Background:

    • A significant hotel fire in Copenhagen resulted in 35 fatalities across eight nationalities.
    • The event provided a unique opportunity to evaluate dental identification procedures due to unrestricted access for the expert team.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To document and analyze the efficiency of dental identification processes in a mass casualty incident.
    • To establish optimal resource allocation and time requirements for dental victim identification.

    Main Methods:

    • Eight dental experts collaborated on recording, photographing, and radiographing dental conditions of victims.
    • Postmortem dental data was compared with antemortem records of missing persons.
    • Time-motion analysis was conducted to determine man-hours per victim for data collection and comparison.

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    Main Results:

    • Complete dental registration for a single victim averaged three man-hours.
    • An additional two man-hours per victim were required for data comparison and administrative tasks.
    • A team of two dentists can complete recording in less than half the time of a single dentist.

    Conclusions:

    • A minimum of two dentists per 30 victims is recommended to complete oral autopsies within five working days.
    • The efficiency gains suggest cost is not a significant barrier to adequate staffing.
    • Ensuring a sufficient pool of qualified dental experts is crucial for future disaster response.