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The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science

Forensic Odontology Subcommittee

The Forensic Odontology Subcommittee focuses on standards and guidelines related to examining, interpreting, and presenting dental and oral evidence for investigative and legal purposes.

The Forensic Odontology Subcommittee does not develop standards on bitemark recognition, comparison, and identification.

Officers | Members | Standards | Other Work Products

Officers

Phyllis Ho, DDS, Subcommittee Chair, Private sector

Kenneth Aschheim, DDS, Subcommittee Vice Chair, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner

Lindsay Spears, Subcommittee Executive Secretary, E37 Forensic Dental Consulting

Members

Joe Adserias-Garriga, Mercyhurst University

Robin Ainsworth, D.D.S., Louisiana State University

Colin Bellair, Travis County District Attorney's Office (Legal Task Group representative)

Clifton Carey, University of Colorado, School of Dental Medicine

Mary Cimrmancic, Marquette University School of Dentistry

Thomas David, Self-Employed

John Demas, Self-Employed

Nathan Dieckman, Oregon Health & Science University (Human Factors Task Group representative)

Lawrence Dobrin, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner

Carla Evans, Boston University

Richard Fixott, Self-employed

Kathleen Kasper, Private sector

Mark Lancaster, Northern Kentucky University (member of OSAC's Facial & Iris Identification Subcommittee and Statistics Task Group representative)

Roger Metcalf, Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office

Kirt Simmons, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Facial and Iris Identification Subcommittee affiliate)

Sharon Stanford, American Dental Association

Forensic Odontology Affiliate List

Standards

On the OSAC Registry

ADA 1088-2017D Human Identification by Comparative Dental Analysis (added March 7, 2019)
ADA Technical Report 1077-2020 Human Age Assessment by Dental Analysis (added November 2, 2021)
ANSI/ADA 1058-2010D Forensic Dental Data Set (added February 14, 2019)
OSAC 2021-N-0030 Terminology for a Suspected Pattern of Dental Origin (added April 5, 2022)

Published by a Standards Developing Organization (SDO) & Eligible for OSAC Registry Review

At an SDO for Further Development & Publication

ASB Technical Report 194 Terminology for A Suspected Pattern of Dental Origin
OSAC 2021-N-0030 Terminology for a Suspected Pattern of Dental Origin (OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry)

Under Development

OSAC 2023-N-0025 Standard for Education and Training in Forensic Odontology
OSAC 2024-S-0006 Forensic Documentation for the Reporting by Oral Health Care Professionals of Suspected Human Abuse
OSAC 2024-S-0013 Proposed Standard for Photographing of Dental Evidence
Proposed Standard for the Photographic Documentation of Oral Evidence

Other Work Products

Research & Development Needs

See the research and development needs identified by the Forensic Odontology Subcommittee.