Color Stability of Dental Restorative Materials Submitted to Heat Sources, for Forensic Purposes

• Roberto Cesar Biancalana ^[1] ; Sergio Augusto de Freitas Vicente ^[1] ; Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva ^[1] ; Fernanda de Carvalho Panzeri Pires-de-Souza ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade de São Paulo

     Universidade de São Paulo

     Brasil

     
• Localización: Journal of forensic sciences, ISSN-e 1556-4029, ISSN 0022-1198, Vol. 62, Nº. 2, 2017, págs. 355-360
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • During postmortem examination of the dental arches of carbonized victims, dental restorative materials may be found. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of heat source action on the color stability of composite resin (CR) and glass ionomer cement (GIC) restorations, to discriminate between them and compare with antemortem dental data. Sixty bovine teeth (30 CR and 30 GIC) were prepared (6 9 6 9 2 mm) and separated into groups (n = 10). The color readouts were taken by spectrophotometer, before and after heat action (100°C, 200°C, 300°C), in an oven for 15 min. There were color alterations for all coordinates (DE, DL*, Da* eDb*) for both materials. GIC presented greater change. The authors concluded that it is possible to distinguish between the materials by the color changes analyzed by instrumental method, helping victim identification.