Case Report Article Identification of a charred corpse through dental records Isamara Geandra Cavalcanti Caputo 1 Jair Naves dos Reis 2 Teresa Cristina Pantozzi Silveira 1 Marco Aurélio Guimarães 1 Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva 3 Corresponding author: Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva Avenida do Café, s/n. – Monte Alegre CEP 14040-904 – Ribeirão Preto – SP – Brasil E-mail: ricardohenrique@usp.br 1 School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo – Ribeirao Preto – SP – Brazil. 2 Center of Legal Medical Investigation of Ribeirao Preto – Ribeirao Preto – SP – Brazil. 3 School of Dentistry of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo – Ribeirao Preto – SP – Brazil. Received for publication: October 6, 2010. Accepted for publication: November 22, 2010. Abstract Introduction: Forensic Dentistry is an area of Dentistry related to Law. Among its goals is the execution of human identification, defined as the process of determining the person’s identity. The forensic dentist uses, in this process, ante-mortem records and data for comparison with post-mortem information obtained from the examination of the body. Objective: To describe the process of identification of a charred corpse by using dental records. Case report: The human material remained from a charred corpse was sent to an anthropological and dental analysis for identification purposes. This employed the analysis of the corpse examination and odontological records. Conclusion: The identification of the victim in this case points out to the need of an interdisciplinary work between Forensic Medicine and Dentistry in situations which other routine identification processes cannot be applied, highlighting the importance of the Forensic dentist for the final solution of the case. Keywords: Forensic dentistry; forensic anthropology; documentation. ISSN: Printed version: 1806-7727 Electronic version: 1984-5685 RSBO. 2011 Jul-Sep;8(3):345-51