Dentist Builds India's Forensic Dental Database
Ahmedabad dentist Dr Jayasankar P Pillai spent five years (2020–2025), traveling 37,000 km across 23 states and analyzing 223,000 teeth to build what may be India's most comprehensive forensic dental morphology database, earning a PhD from the National Forensic Sciences University. His classification currently identifies a person's region with 36% accuracy and gender with 63% accuracy; he says AI and an expanded national registry could improve forensic identification.
Key Points
- 1Compiled 2.23 lakh teeth across 23 states over 2020–2025, creating a national morphology database.
- 2Demonstrated region identification at 36% and sex determination at 63%, filling forensic identification gaps.
- 3Enables agencies to improve disaster victim identification if database expands and AI enhances accuracy.
Scoring Rationale
Strong national dataset and usable forensic method, limited by moderate current accuracy and need for database expansion.
Sources
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