RESUMO
A Odontologia possui amplo campo de atuação, sendo a Odontologia Legal a especialidade exercida junto a serviços oficiais: Instituto Geral de Perícias, Instituto de Criminalística e Instituto Médico Legal. Nessas instituições, o odontolegista pode proceder a exames de corpo delito, necropsias odontolegais, exames de balística, DNA, exames tanatológicos e antropológicos, entre outros. O presente estudo analisou laudos de exames de corpo de delito de lesões que envolveram o complexo maxilomandibular de pessoas que se submeteram à perícia no Instituto Geral de Perícias do Estado de Santa Catarina entre os anos de 2012 e 2014. No período de estudo foram registrados 14310 laudos, sendo 1210 (8,45%) referentes a lesões maxilomandibulares. Destas, 96,2% eram lesões maxilomandibulares e 3,8% lesões em outras regiões, por mordedura humana. Constatou-se que 97,2% dos laudos envolvendo o complexo bucomaxilofacial foram preenchidos por médicos e apenas 2,8% por cirurgiões-dentistas (AU).
Dentistry has a far-reaching field of activity, being the Legal Dentistry the specialty carried out with official services: General Expertise Institute, Institute of Criminalistics and Legal Medical Institute. In these institutions, the forensic dentist can perform examinations of body delicti, dental-legal necropsies, ballistics tests, DNA, thanatological and anthropological examinations, among others. The present study analyzed reports of body lesions that involved the maxillomandibular complex of people who examined at the General Expertise Institute of the State of Santa Catarina between the years of 2012 and 2014. During the period of study 14,310 reports were registered and 1,210 (8.45%) referring to maxillomandibular lesions. Of these, 96.2% were maxillomandibular lesions and 3.8% lesions in other regions, due to human bite. It was found that 97.2% of the reports involving the oral and maxillofacial complex were signed by medical professionals and only 2.8% by dental surgeons (AU).
