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The first documented postmortem dental identification on skeletal remains was made in 1776 by Paul Revere. Most people know that he was a silversmith. Few know that he was also a well-known dentist. The identification was made on Dr. Joseph Warren, a general who had been killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill and buried there by the British, sharing a grave with another soldier. Ten months later, in the desire to properly honor Warren, the grave was exhumed. Revere, who had made him a wire and ivory bridge to replace a missing canine, identified him on the basis of the appliance. Warren, interestingly enough, was the man who had recruited Revere for the famous Midnight Ride. Reference Links: http://www.aaronelkins.com/forensictidbits.htm http://www.forensicindia.com/pgteaching/forensicodontology.htm
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