Tooth Shape Variability References

Tooth Shape Development and Evolution

  1. Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Dental Morphology at Oulu University, Finland, in August 1998

    A 500-page PDF document containing all the papers for this conference is available here.

  2. Jukka Jernvall has published many papers on tooth shapes as they pertain to tooth development and evolution. [ List of publications including PDFs ]
  3. William K. Gregory. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition , Williams and Wilkins Co., 1922. Call number: D1558 .G82 1992, in the Lane Medical Library. This book is in the Old Class (1851-1924), ask for it at the circulation desk. Also available at Stanford Auxiliary Library. Call number: 611.31 .G823 in stacks.

Tooth Crowns and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  1. Dental Morphology through Laser Confocal Microscopy and GIS

    Contains references on more GIS methods, morphological diversity, and statistical shape analysis.

  2. J. Jernvall, S. V. E. Keränen, I. Thesleff. Evolutionary Modification of Development in Mammalian Teeth: Quantifying Gene Expression Patterns and Topography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 97 (2000) 14444-14448. [ PDF available here ]

Minimum Distortion Mapping

  1. Surface flattening with minimum distortion [ PDF ]

    L. Ju, J. Stern, K. Rehm, K. Schaper, M. Hurdal and D. Rottenberg. Cortical Surface Flattening Using Least Square Conformal Mapping with Minimal Metric Distortion. Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, 2004.

  2. Particle simulation for minimum distortion feature mapping [ PDF ]

    C. Carner and H. Qin. ElasticPaint: A Particle System for Feature Mapping with Minimum Distortion. CASA 2003: 60-.

  3. Correlated correspondence algorithm [ PDF ]

    D. Anguelov, P. Srinivasan, D. Koller, S. Thrun, H. Pang and J. Davis. The Correlated Correspondence Algorithm for Unsupervised Registration of Nonrigid Surfaces. Technical Report. Stanford University, 2004.

Bitemarks

List of References on Bite Marks

This list contains papers written between the years 1944 and 1998. A large number of them are from the 1970s and 1980s. Some possibly relevant papers:

  1. Frykholm. Analysis of Teeth-Marks with Stereo-Metric Reproduction. Swed. Dent. J. Vol. 63 (1970) p. 205.
  2. A. Naru, E. Dykes. The Use of Digital Imaging Technique to Aid Bite Mark Analysis. Science and Justice Vol. 36 (1996) pp. 47-50.

    Describes use of a computer-based overlay technique.

  3. A. Naru, E. Dykes. Digital Image Cross-Correlation Technique for Bite Mark Investigations. Science and Justice Vol. 37 (1997) pp. 251-258.

    Describes production of a computer program for assessing bitemarks and experiments to validate the system.

  4. R. D. Rawson, R. K. Ommen, G. J. Kinard. Statistical Evidence for the Individuality of the Human Dentition. J. Forensic Sci. Vol. 29 (1984) pp. 245-253.

    Seminal paper suggesting uniqueness of human bite using general population sample of bite marks in wax.

  5. R. D. Rawson. Computerized Study of Bite Mark Characteristics in the General Population. ADA News Vol. 10 (1979) p. 3.
  6. Ringqvist. Isometric Bite Force and Its Relation to Dimensions of the Facial Skeleton. Acta odont. scand. Vol. 31 (1973) p. 35.
  7. R. F. Sognnaes, R. D. Rawson, B. M. Gratt, B. N. Nauyen. Computer Comparison of Bite Mark Patterns in Identical Twins. J. Amer. Dent. Assoc. Vol. 105 (1982) pp. 449-452.

    Authors conclude that even bite marks in twins are unique by analyzing the occlusal arch form using computers and radiographic bitemark analysis. Highly cited paper supporting dental uniqueness argument.

  8. D. Sweet, M. Parhar, R. E. Wood. Computer-Based Production of Bite Mark Comparison Overlays. J. Forensic Sci. Vol. 43 (1998) pp. 1050-1055.

    Describes computation of accurate comparison overlays without subjective input.

  9. B. Tsutsumi, A. Furukawa. A Study on Toothmarks, on the Reproducibility and Identification of Tooth Marks by Means of A Three Dimensional Measuring Instrument. Nippon Hoigaku Zasshi Vol. 38 (1984) pp. 428-444.

Other references on tooth matching for person identification:

  1. A. K. Jain, H. Chen, S. Minut. Dental Biometrics: Human Identification Using Dental Radiographs. Proc. of 4th Int'l Conf. on Audio- and Video-Based Biometric Person Authentication (AVBPA) (2003) pp. 429-437. [ PDF ]

    Semi-automatic processing and matching of dental images. Describes extraction of tooth shape and affine transformations to fit postmortem (PM) radiograph to antemortem (AM) radiographs. Matching scores generated using distance between AM and PM tooth shapes.

  2. S. Keiser-Nielsen. Person Identification by Means of the Teeth, John Wright, Bristol, 1980.

    Includes the "product-rule" for probabilistic tooth matching.

Worn Teeth

P. S. Ungar, F. M'Kirera. A Solution to the Worn Tooth Conundrum in Primate Functional Anatomy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100 (7) pp. 3874-3877, 2003. [ HTML ]

A PNAS paper with some quantitative analysis and references