Chandigarh February 17, 2018: Dr Kewal Krishan, Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Anthropology Panjab University will be presenting a research paper at 70th Annual Scientific Conference of American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) to be held at Seattle, Washington, USA from 19-24th February 2018. The research entitled “Implications of canine width, inter-canine distance and facial dimensions in forensic identification” was conducted jointly by Dr Krishan and his student Vaibhavi Sharma in the Department of Anthropology.
The American Academy of Forensic Sciences is one of the largest academies in the forensic discipline where Krishan will be presenting his research pertaining to the relationship of the dental size and some facial dimensions. The relationship will be useful in reconstruction of the face from the dental remains in mass disasters. In some high impact mass disasters such as bomb blasts, terrorists’ attacks, tsunamis, earth quakes etc., only dental remains are available for identification purposes. In such situations, prediction of facial contours and facial size can be estimated using regression equations which may help in reconstruction of the face of the deceased.
Dr Krishan is a renowned forensic anthropologist and published more than 153 papers in reputed journals of forensic sciences and anthropology and having more than 2230 citations of his research. He contributed many invited chapters to the most coveted Encyclopaedias of Forensic Sciences published by Elsevier, in USA and UK.