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Emilio Nuzzolese¹, Fabrizio Pace²

¹Department of Forensic Odontology, Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

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Virtual and remote dental autopsies (virdentopsy) successfully identified an unidentified human skull using remote data comparison. This innovative forensic odontology technique offers a valuable solution for human identification and provides closure for families.

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Area of Science:

Forensic Science
Odontology
Digital Health

Background:

Human identification commonly uses DNA, fingerprints, and dental records, but forensic odontology services are inconsistently available.
Virtual and remote dental autopsy (virdentopsy) offers a potential solution to overcome limitations in traditional dental profiling.
The University of Turin's human identification laboratory has provided virdentopsy services since 2020 for missing and unidentified persons.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a case report on the application of virdentopsy for the identification of an unidentified human skull.
To demonstrate the efficacy of remote antemortem and postmortem dental data comparison in human identification.
To highlight virdentopsy as a valuable tool in humanitarian forensic odontology.

Main Methods:

A case involving an unidentified human skull was managed by the Volunteering Association, Penelope Piemont.
Antemortem dental data from the missing person's family was compared with postmortem dental data obtained remotely from the skull.
The identification process utilized the virdentopsy platform for virtual and remote analysis.

Main Results:

The virdentopsy process enabled a positive e-identification of the unidentified human skull.
Conclusive evidence was provided, confirming the identity of the deceased.
The identification process offered closure to the missing person's family.

Conclusions:

Virdentopsy is an effective and valuable resource in humanitarian forensic odontology and forensic dental identification.
This remote method ensures the respect for human rights of the deceased by facilitating identification.
The metaverse-enabled approach enhances the capabilities of forensic identification services.