Continuing Education Training Courses in Dental Forensics

University of Glamorgan

• The University of Glamorgan is located in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and has a forensic odontology course designed for students who are interested in continuing their education in the dentistry field. This program is the only one of its kind in the U.K. and can be completed in two years on a full-time schedule; on a part-time schedule, the course can be completed in three years. The course consists of seven modules which include science for forensic odontologists; identification of human remains; bite mark analysis; a forensic odontology research project; legal aspects of forensic science; disaster victim identification; and advanced bite mark analysis and protection of the vulnerable person.

  University of Glamorgan

  Pontypridd, Wales CF37 1DL

  United Kingdom

  011-44-1443-654450

  glam.ac.uk

University of Texas

• The University of Texas’ Health Science Center in San Antonio has a fellowship training program in forensic odontology that is designed to be completed in no more than 14 months. Students can complete the required 220 contact hours on either a continuous basis or a period basis. Although no academic credit is offered for completion of this program, students receive a certificate of completion and hour-for-hour continuing education credit. Topics covered throughout the fellowship include imaging principles and interpretation; bite mark analysis and interpretation; dental identification of human remains; overview of forensic physical anthropology; and the practical and principle aspects of the relation to the legal system.

  University of Texas

  Health Science Center

  7703 Floyd Curl Drive

  San Antonio, TX 78229

  210-567-3379

  ddsdx.uthscsa.edu

McGill University

• McGill University has a forensic dentistry program that blends practical theory and education with hands-on practice opportunities. The academic, practical theory portion of this continuing education course is administered online and consists of the first three modules. The fourth and fifth modules are conducted on-site during an intensive course that lasts for one week. In order, the five modules in this course include identification, mass disaster management, bite mark evidence, identification practicum and bite mark practicum. The first two modules last for seven weeks each, the third module is a 10-week program and the fourth and fifth modules last for one week each. The entire course is completed in one academic year.

  McGill University

  3640 University St.

  Montreal, QC H3A 2B2

  514-398-7203

  Canada

  mcgill.ca