ABSTRACT
Examination of a potential bitemark in skin involves initial visual inspection to determine if class or individual characteristics exist that indicate the presence of a patterned injury caused by the human dentition. The evidence may be in the form of a bruise or abrasions or, more rarely, lacerations or indentations. Occasionally, an instance may be encountered in which it is deemed necessary to obtain magnified imaging of a feature recorded in the skin that may be matched to a feature in the dentition.
