School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatian Dental Society - Croatian Medical Association
Abstract
Odontogeneza trajnih zuba pretežito pripada postnatalnom razvoju i traje više godina. Nakon rođenja djetetov je organizam i sva njegova tkiva u mnogo dinamičnijem suodnošaju s izvanjskom sredinom nego u razdoblju intrauterinog života. Time se stvaraju uvjeti da mnogi izvanjski čimbenici utječu na formativnu djelatnost zubnog organa. Poremećaji u razvoju zuba koji nastaju u razdoblju morfologijske diferencijacije mogu se očitovati i kao fuzija zuba. Fuzionirani su zubi osebujnog izgleda te mogu stvarati estetski nesklad ili, zbog povećanog mezio-distalnog promjera, utjecati na svekoliku morfologiju zubnoga luka. U radu je prikazan slučaj uspješne identifikacije žrtve Domovinskoga rata iz godine 1991. ekshumirane 1995. iz masovne grobnice u Petrinji temeljem nalaza fuzioniranih zuba, odgovarajućih podataka dobivenih od rodbine, te nekolicine dodatnih materijalnih dokaza koji su našu tvrdnju još podkrijepili.Odontogenesis of permanent teeth in its major part belongs to the process of postnatal growth and continues for many years following the birth or an individual. After the child is born her or his organism and all the tissues establish a much more dynamic relationship with the external environment than they do during intrauterine life. In this way conditions are made for numerous external factors to affect the formation activity of tooth organs. Disorders in the development of teeth and other structures within the oral cavity may occur at any stage of organogenetic growth. Fused teeth, apart from their causing aesthetic impairment, may on account of their enlarged mesiodistal diameter affect the entire dental arch morphology and cause compression of the frond dental region, rotation and malposition of the approximate teeth. In this case report the presence of such an anomaly facilitated accurate and reliable identification of a victim killed during 1991. when war raged in Croatia, and exhumed from the mass grave in Petrinja in 1995. The specific morphological shape of the victim\u27s dentition undoubtedly contributed to accurate identification of this young male, which was additionally substantiated by other available material evidence