dental records

noun

: the information about a person's teeth that a dentist has

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Police positively identified Fuller with her dental records. Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2024 He was identified at the time through dental records as one of Baumeister’s original victims but the family sought further confirmation through a DNA match. John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2024 Attempts to identify the remains through skeletal recreations and dental records proved unsuccessful. Mark Price, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025 Police previously said Huang and her friend, killed as collateral damage, were shot before they were torched — so thoroughly that Parrilla had to be identified through dental records. Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dental records

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“Dental records.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dental%20records. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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