Dr. Judith A Hinchliffe BDS, Dip F Od, graduated from the School of Clinical Dentistry, Sheffield University in 1977 and gained a forensic dental qualification in 1991.
She was a general dental practitioner until 2006 and has a part time teaching commitment to the School of Clinical Dentistry at the University of Sheffield in both Adult Dental Care and the Hygiene and Therapy Programmes. She is also postgraduate dental tutor for South Yorkshire and East Humberside.
She has experience of over 200 forensic dental cases and disaster work including the "Solway Harvester", Asian tsunami and Sharm el Sheikh bombings. She has gained immense recognition through giving presentations nationally and internationally in her specialised field of forensic odontology.
She is a very enthusiastic and extremely sociable person who is a past president of the British Association for Forensic Odontology, a specialty dental assessor for the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners and the dental council member for the British Association for Human Identification.
She has had several articles published in the dental journals relating to her forensic work and has taken part in television documentaries about forensic dentistry.
Dr. Hinchliffe will lecture on "Bitemerks" which will enable recognition, need for prompt action, documentation, collection and preservation of evidence from victim and alleged perpetrator to determine any link, injury in children and court demonstration. This presentation will raise understanding of the role of the forensic dentist in bite mark investigation from the initial request for assistance to the preparation for court including difficulties and complications.
Her second lecture deals with the successful identification of human remains, the need for accurate and comprehensive antemortem dental records for comparison with the dental post-mortem examination. This emphasises the importance of appropriate record-keeping and teamwork. Disaster situations (whether man made or natural) brings its own complications where trained and prepared disaster victim identification teams work together effectively to identify the deceased so that he/she can be returned to their loved ones where possible.
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