Forensic Dentistry and Artificial Intelligence
Speaker
Professor Marin Vodanovic DMD, MSc, PhD, Vice Dean at School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Specialist of dental pathology and endodontics at the University Hospital Centre Zagreb; forensic dentist; secretary-general of the International Organization for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology (IOFOS)
Marin Vodanovic, born in Germany in 1975, studied dentistry at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia, and received his dental degree in 1999. In 2005, he earned a Master of Science degree and in 2008 his PhD. He specialised in endodontics and dental pathology and completed his studies at University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia, in 2010. In 2015, he became the Vice Dean at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb. In 2022, he was elected Visiting Professor at the Medical University of Lublin in Poland. In 2023, he was elected Full Professor at the University of Zagreb.
He is the author or co-author of over 250 publications, including several books, textbooks, dictionaries and book chapters. According to Web of Science, he has over 700 citations, and his h-index is 16 (August 2023). His research interests include paleodontology, forensic dentistry, dental morphology and anthropology, endodontics, occupational diseases, dental terminology, and the application of artificial intelligence in dentistry. He is editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontology and web editor of Acta stomatologica Croatica. In 2015, he was a guest editor of the Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger. He is the founder and president of the International Association of Paleodontology, secretary of the Croatian Association of Forensic Stomatologists, secretary-general of the International Organisation of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology (IOFOS), member of the Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences, Croatian Endodontic Association, Croatian Dental Society, Croatian Medical Association, Croatian Catholic Medical Society and Croatian Dental Association. 2006, he was awarded the National Science Prize of the Republic of Croatia. For more information, please visit http://www.marinvodanovic.com.
Disclosure: Dr. Vodanovic has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Course Description
Forensic dentistry is a part of dentistry where teeth and dentition are used to identify human remains in individual or mass disasters; age and sex estimation; dental profiling, assessment of bite mark injuries; assessment of cases of abuse and civil cases involving malpractice. Dental identification and estimation of age and sex on teeth should be fast, reliable and cheap. Forensic dentistry and the possibilities of using artificial intelligence for these purposes will be presented.
Educational Objectives
- to define forensic dentistry and its scope
- to define the area of work of a forensic dentist
- to describe the possibilities of the application of artificial intelligence in forensic dentistry
Contact
PDMContinuingEd@dental.upenn.edu