Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 119-122 , September 2010

National survey of the incidence of missing anterior teeth: Potential use in bite mark analysis in the Brazilian context

Received 2 July 2009 ,Revised 26 November 2009 ,Accepted 4 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2009.12.001

Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 119-122 , September 2010