ABSTRACT
This chapter draws to the fact that the addition of non-dental parameters to the examination reduces the percentage of the unidentified to a minimum or eliminates it completely. It discusses the criteria for the non-dental identification of severely damaged bodies. As long as the body is intact and the hands are attached to the body, the characterisation of the body is sufficient to provide a positive basis for identification. When the hands are separated from the body, they have to be correctly assigned to the body before fingerprints can be used for confirmation of identity. X-ray and ultra-fluoroscopic methods exist for the correct association of skeletal parts. These methods are of especial value in the correct association of skeletal elements to make up individuals in a random assembly of skeletal parts.
