ABSTRACT
If the forensic odontologist practices the specialty long enough she or he will be summoned to give expert testimony in a courtroom. This can be an intimidating experience and is not the place for one who is timid and or easily angered. The courtroom is a place where the truth is sought. In many courtrooms above the judge’s bench is a sign that reads, “We who labor here seek only the truth.” When a witness is sworn in by the clerk of the court he will be instructed to either raise his right hand or place his left hand on the Bible and raise his right hand and swear to “tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God.” No one has ever said “no” to the oath, to my knowledge.
