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Human identification by forensic scientists can be done by three primary methods; friction ridge Analysis, DNA analysis and comparative dental analysis which is one of the roles of a forensic odontologist. It is the process of identification by a post-mortem dental examination of a deceased individual comparing these findings with the ante-mortem dental records, radiographs, study casts, etc. Believed to be those of the individual implicated assessing the concordance and/or discrepancy of the comparison of results. Teeth are resilient, and along with the highly specific and unique type, location and configuration of restorations, might be the only features used for the identification of bodies found in burnt, decomposed, skeletonised, or macerated condition.