Forensic Dentistry - High-profile Criminal Cases

High-profile Criminal Cases

Forensic odontology has played a key role in famous criminal cases:

  • Wayne Boden – an early case of Forensic Dentistry
  • State of Florida v. Ted Bundy
  • State of New Jersey v. Jesse Timmendequas (Megan's Law case)
  • People of California v. Marx, the 1975 case which established evidentiary standards for forensic odontology
  • People of Arizona v. Ray Krone, bite mark evidence led to a wrongful conviction.

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