Disaster Victim Identification Course
The upcoming 5-day course takes place from March 8 to March 12, 2027 at Department of Forensic Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark.
To be among the first to be notified when pre-registration opens, please contact Course Organiser Line Staun Larsen, at [email protected] to be added to our mailing list.
Participants
The course is open for dentists with special interest in Forensic Odontology, with or without previous knowledge and/or experience in the field.
Aims of the course
The course will enable dentists to:
- participate in/perform a post-mortem dental examination.
- structure ante-mortem dental records in relation to an identification.
- participate in the comparison of ante-and post-mortem dental data and in the establishment of a dental identity.
The course will also:
- provide insight into the role of the forensic odontologist in a disaster victim identification (DVI) team.
- introduce the KMD PlassData DVI7 Software used for information registration, search and comparisons of data following disasters with a large number of victims.
Special topics:
Post-Mortem (PM) examination and Ante-Mortem (AM) registration:
- PM clinical examination
- PM radiology
- PM clinical photography
- PM computed tomography
- PM special investigations
- AM & PM registration in the KMD PlassData DVI7 Software
Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) and Mass Fatality Incidents:
- DVI principles; reconciliation and conclusion
- DVI, major accidents
Specialized Forensic Disciplines:
- Introduction to age estimation
- Anthropological aspects of identification
- Introduction to the two other primary identifiers (fingerprints and DNA)
- Occupational aspects of forensic odontology
- Short introduction to entomology in forensic sciences
Course structure:
The course combines theoretical lectures with hands-on exercises, including practical tasks such as PM examinations and registrations, AM registrations, and a mock accident scenario.
The course also covers data entry and search strategies within the KMD PlassData DVI7 Software system, as well as the reconciliation process.
The course is held in English.
Internationally recognized teachers
Lectures, exercises and hands-on sessions will be offered by internationally recognized teachers with experience in forensic odontology and disaster victim identification.
Course organisers
Line Staun Larsen, DDS, PhD, Forensic Odontologist, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Aarhus University, Denmark. Chief Dental Officer, DVI-team Denmark.
Email: [email protected]
Rebecca Gahn, DDS, Forensic Odontologist, Department of Forensic Medicine, Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine. Chief Dental Officer, DVI-team Sweden.
Simen E. Kopperud, DDS, Forensic Odontologist, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway. Chief Dental Officer, DVI-team Norway.
Department of Forensic Medicine
Aarhus University
Palle Juul-JensensBoulevard 43
DK-8200 Aarhus N
(Entrance D2 at the Aarhus University Hospital)
Phone: +45 87167500
Fax: +45 86125995
e-mail: [email protected]