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Diploma in Legal and Forensic Dentistry

  • 8 ECTS
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  • Blended learning (Campus Sant Cugat)
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 Curriculum

  1. Introduction to Forensic Dentistry. Learn about the origins of dentistry research within the framework of facts and factors that make the cause and effect of the law clear; as well as dentistry action and professional ethics. Evolution of forensic dentistry. 
  2. Thanatology. To differentiate the various causes of death, as well as the destructive and preservation processes of the cadaver. Cadaver phenomena. Dental autopsy techniques. Role of the dentist in medico-legal autopsies. 
  3. Forensic pathology. To raise awareness of the different injuries, how they are produced or caused, their study and manipulation.  Forensic pathology of interest to dentists. 
  4. Criminalistics. Establish the difference between criminalistics and criminology, as well as raise awareness of the methods and protocols that help in the identification and reconstruction of facts.  Reconstructive and comparative identification. Importance of dentistry in criminal research.  Cheiloscopy and rugoscopy.  Study of human bites, system to be used for the study.  Determination of age based on dental records. 
  5. Forensic anthropology. Raise awareness of the importance of anthropology and also establish a basis for knowledge in order to start to work on the identification of remains using dental anthropology. Determination of biological profile based on maxillary bones. Pathology, pseudopathology and taphonomy. 
  6. Legal dentistry. Legal rules to exercise dentistry. Professional responsibility. Medical record. Professional secrecy. Medical and legal documents.
  7. Organisation and management of Large Disasters.  Raising awareness of and teaching people how to act in a disaster in order to find a solution to the huge amount of chaos that ensues.  Medico-legal problems in disasters.  Action protocol.  Dental identification protocol. 

Practical work experience will be undertaken.  

  • System to be followed in the case of identifying catastrophes. 
  • Interpol disaster victim identification protocol. 
  • Filling in Interpol forms for identification purposes. 
  • Systems to be followed when studying a human bite. 
  • Study of maxillaries. Reconstructive and comparative identification.  Macroscopic dentistry photography. 
  • Methodology to undertake an expert report with a discussion of practical cases. 
  •  Psycho-forensic techniques to deal with a dental expert trial in court.  

1. Introduction to forensic dentistry

  • Concept and definition.
  • Importance and objectives.
  • History and current situation. 

2. Thanatology

  • Concept of death.
  • Diagnosis of certain death.
  • Types of death.
  • Legal and criminal classification of violent death.
  • Cadaveric phenomena.
  • Destructive processes of the corpse.
  • Natural processes for the conservation of corpses.
  • Artificial processes for eh conservation of corpses.
  • Thanatological medico-legal problems.
  • Natural death and violent death.
  • Clinical and judicial post-mortem.
  • Post-mortem techniques.
  • Post-mortem stages.
  • Odontostomatological post-mortems. 

3. Forensic pathology

  • Fatal injuries.
  • Non-fatal injuries.
  • Types of violent death.
  • Sudden death.
  • Bruises and contusions.
  • Asphyxia.
  • Injuries caused by explosions.
  • Injuries in carbonized bodies. Dental changes caused by fire.
  • Nuclear accidents.
  • Major toxic catastrophes and mass poisonings. Chemical weapons. 

4. Criminalistics

  • Overview of human identification.
  • Reconstructive and comparative identification.
  • Human identification: methods.
  • Fingerprinting.
  • The importance of dentistry in criminal investigation and human identification.
  • Cheiloscopy and rugoscopy.
  • Identification methods in the investigation of living beings, skeletons and fresh corpses.
  • Forensic genetics.
  • Medico-legal investigation of bites. Method to follow in its study.  

5. Forensic anthropology

  • Generic and specific investigation of skeletal remains.
  • Determining species, population group, size, gender.
  • Biological profile. 

6. Legal dentistry

  • Professional responsibility.
  • Medico-legal documentation.
  • Assessment of odontostomatalogical damage.
  • Medical confidentiality.
  • Expert evidence. 

7. Healthcare, organizational and medico-forensic problems in situations of major catastrophes

  • Healthcare assistance: function of the emergency coordination centre.
  • Triage, evacuation, emergency assistance.
  • Organisational problems.
  • Organisation and action plan for Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Firefighters, Civil Protection and Security Forces.
  • Medico-legal problems of the victims of major catastrophes.
  • Organisation, objectives, and general protocols for the performance of Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) teams during major catastrophes.
  • Forensic medical procedure in the post-mortem room.
  • Identification protocol for major disasters.
  • Dental protocol for major disasters.
  • Interpol forms used in dental identification.

Course Directors

 
Dr Anna Hospital
Forensic pathologist, IMLCF (Girona Division).
Holder of an undergraduate degree in Dentistry. 
Dr Francisco Javier Güerri
Forensic pathologist, IMLCF (Barcelona Division).
Specialised in Stomatology. 

External collaborators

 
Eneko Barbería Marcalain Forensic pathologist. Deputy Director of the Catalan IMLCF (Institute of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Sciences) (Tarragona division). Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
 
David Bas Mato. Clerk in the Courts of Los Realejos. Santa Cruz de Tenerife Courts of Justice.
 
Josep Carreras. Head of the Scientific Police Division’s Biological Laboratory. Mossos d’Esquadra Police Force.
 
Josep M. Casadesús Valbí. Forensic pathologist. Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Girona.
 
Josep Castellà García. Forensic pathologist. Head of the Forensic Pathology Service, IMLCF Catalonia. 
 
Dolors Ceperuelo. Holder of an undergraduate degree in Dentistry. Postgraduate studies in Legal and Forensic Dentistry. Lecturer at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
 
Santiago Crespo Alonso. Forensic pathologist. Anthropology Service, IMLCF Catalonia. 
 
Joaquim de Diego Martínez. Holder of a Master’s in Civil Protection and Emergency Management. Sergeant in the Mossos d’Esquadra Police Force. Operational and technical support. Police Resource Command Centre, Girona.
 
Ignasi Galtés Vicente. Forensic pathologist Head of Research and Teaching, IMLCF Catalonia.
 
Angel García García. Psychologist. Chief inspector in the National Police Force.
 
José Gonzalez Godino. Doctor specialised in maxillofacial surgery.
 
Jaume Heredia. EMS doctor.
  
Anna Hospital Ribas. Forensic pathologist. Holder of an undergraduate degree in Dentistry. Specialised in Forensic Dentistry. Lecturer at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.
 
Santi López. Corporal in the Missing Person Investigation Unit. Mossos d’Esquadra Police Force. 
 
Álex Martí Mato. Dentist. Oral surgery.
 
Carles Martin Fumado. Forensic pathologist. Lecturer at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.
 
Helena Martínez Alcazar. Forensic pathologist. Assigned to the Pathology Service. Anthropologist, IMLCF Catalonia.
 
Daniel Martínez Ortega.  Deputy chief of the Scientific Police Division. Mossos d’Esquadra Police Force.
 
José M. Martínez Calcerrada Collell. Holder of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy and a Master’s in Biomedicine and Molecular Biology. Expert in Forensic Pathology, IMLCF Catalonia (Girona Division). 
 
Alexandra Pérez. Holder of an undergraduate degree in Health Biology. Holder of a master’s degree in Neuroscience. Postdoctoral Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics (IdIBGi).
 
Consuelo Pérez Luengo. Forensic pathologist. Director of IMLCF Balearic Islands. Holder of an undergraduate degree in Dentistry.
 
Maria del Mar Salvador. Doctor specialised in body damage assessment. Dentist.
 
Pere Sánchez. Inspector in the Missing Person Investigation Unit. Mossos d’Esquadra Police Force.
 
Elisabeth Soler Gomis. Holder of an undergraduate degree in Law. MBA. Dentist. 
 
Manel Subirats Roca Clinical psychologist. Specialised in macro and forensic photography.
 
Robert Trench García. Head of the Scientific Police Division’s Central Identification Unit. Mossos d’Esquadra Police Force. 

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