Assessment of histological changes in antemortem gingival tissues fixed at various time intervals: A method of estimation of postmortem interval

Conclusion: Histological changes such as complete homogenization of cells in superficial layers and loss of epithelial architecture at 4 h in unfixed antemortem tissue may be used as a criterion to estimate PMI, after further studies on postmortem tissues.

Source: Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences - July 13, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: V Mahalakshmi N Gururaj R Sathya TR Sabarinath B Sivapathasundharam S Kalaiselvan Source Type: research