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The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science

Forensic Odontology Subcommittee

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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

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 (Facial & Iris Identification Subcommittee member and Statistics Task Group representative)

Roger Metcalf, Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office

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

Sharon Stanford, American Dental Association

David Williams, Trojan Horse Consulting

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); [Pending Evaluation & OSAC Acceptance for Registry]

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

Other Work Products

Research & Development Needs