1. Forensic Odontology

2. Doyle v. Texas, 1952
first U.S. bite mark case resulting in a conviction
Doyle was convicted of burglary based on a bite mark left in a piece of partially eaten cheese at the crime scene

3. Ted Bundy
broke into Florida State University’s Chi Omega sorority house
bludgeoned and strangled Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman to death
bit Levy on her left buttock leaving an obvious bite mark impression

4. Bite mark evidence and testimony in Bundy case
Victims Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman

5. Notorious Figures in History Who Have Been Identified Through Forensic Dentistry
John Wilkes Booth (shot and killed Abraham Lincoln)
Adolf Hitler and wife, Eva Braun
Joseph Mengele (Nazi “Angel of Death”)
Lee Harvey Oswald (assassinated John F. Kennedy)
Czar Nicholas II and his family

6. Wrongly Convicted Ray Krone Labeled “the snaggle tooth killer”
Found guilty of killing a Phoenix, Arizona bartender in 1991
The woman was found dead at a bar where Krone was known to regularly play darts

7. His teeth were mistakenly matched to a bite mark left on the victim
Krone spent 10 years in prison, including 2 on death row
In 2002, DNA evidence proved he did not kill the bartender

8. How did the mistaken match occur?
Why does DNA evidence overrule the bite mark evidence?

9. Bite mark evidence requires a dentist to compare the bite marks with impressions and come to a conclusion based on what they see
Though the dentist has forensic training and is considered an expert, interpretation hinges on the dentist’s opinion
DNA evidence is interpreted using proven mathematical formulas and statistics