Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 163-171 , July 2010

The microscopic (optical and SEM) examination of dental calculus deposits (DCD). Potential interest in forensic anthropology of a bio-archaeological method

  • Philippe Charlier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Pathology and Medicine, University Hospital R. Poincaré (AP-HP, UVSQ), 92380 Garches, France
    • HALMA-IPEL, UMR 8164 CNRS, Lille 3 University, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Forensic Pathology and Medicine, University Hospital R. Poincaré (AP-HP, UVSQ), 92380 Garches, France. Tel.: +33 1 47107689; fax: +33 147107683.
    • ,
  • Isabelle Huynh-Charlier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, CHU Pitié Salpétrière (AP-HP), Boulevard de l’hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Olivia Munoz

      Affiliations

    • UMR 7041, Université de Paris 1, Nanterre, France
    • ,
  • Michel Billard

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Anatomique, Université de Lyon 1, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Luc Brun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Parakou, Benin
    • ,
  • Geoffroy Lorin de la Grandmaison

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Pathology and Medicine, University Hospital R. Poincaré (AP-HP, UVSQ), 92380 Garches, France

Received 3 November 2009 ,Revised 11 February 2010 ,Accepted 13 March 2010.

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Legal Medicine
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