Ficha de registro odontológico con fines forenses. Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, 2019

ABSTRACT: This research aims to develop a dental record form for use in forensic investigations. An exploratory, descriptive and correlational, cross-sectional, non-experimental and field study was conducted. As data collection techniques, the observation was applied and its instruments were the checklist and the medical records of which the consistency of the filling was analyzed, other technique used with the questionnaire as an instrument was used. The study population consisted of 150 students from which a sample of 108 was chosen. Results indicate that the information register in the clinical record was moderately satisfactory in the intraoral data section (60.2%), the extraoral data not satisfactory (51.9%), the registration of complementary exams with unsatisfactory of (63%) as they presented weaknesses in the filling of all these sections. In this way, on the basis of the results obtained in the evaluations, it was possible to determine characteristics and data suitable for the implementation of a dental record sheet applicable in forensic investigations.