Forensic Dentistry, Second Edition

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shoes. Dr. Piakis subsequently had the opportunity of compare Phillips’s

dentition to the bitemark and stated that Phillips’s teeth were more consistent

with the bitemark than Krone’s.^23 Ray Krone was released and exonerated

after spending thirteen years in prison, part of that time on death row, for a

murder someone else committed.

Figure 14.16 side-by-side comparison of ancona bitemark to Krone test bite in
expanded polystyrene. (see color insert following page 304.)

Figure 14.17 ancona bitemark: labels indicate one odontologist’s opinion of
marks made by specific teeth. (see color insert following page 304.)

Figure 14.18 direct comparison of Krone maxillary dental model to bitemark
injury on breast of ancona. (see color insert following page 304.)