Volunteers sought for new forensic standards project

CHICAGO--The American Dental Association Standards Committee on Dental Informatics is seeking volunteers for its recently approved work project on a standard for dental forensics.

The proposed ADA Specification No. 1058 for Antemortem Forensic Dental Data Set will recommend forensic data standards necessary to adequately serve the dental forensic odontology community.

Currently, no guidelines exist for defining a minimal dental data set or other technical guidelines concerning dental forensic information. This project will meet the need for a forensic dental standard of data that will aid in the determination of the identity of an unknown person.

For more information about participating in the ADA standards committee working group that will develop the standard, contact Paul Bralower at (800) 587-4129 or by e-mail at [email protected] .