It appears nobody on staff has a clue about human dentition. Bones presents an adult tooth complete with root as her daughters first lost tooth. What a joke! Children lose their teeth because the adult tooth "dissolves" the baby tooth leaving just the crown to fall out. Any tooth fairy parent would know this!
In another episode, Bones claims human dentition is as unique as fingerprint. This has never been proven. Dentition CHANGES. Fingerprints don't. Every restoration, crowns, veneers, braces all change the dentition of your teeth. She claims a piece of discarded chewing gum matches a suspect's dental records. The same impression could also match a million other people on the planet. It's the equivalent of pushing the bottom of an apple into a bit of dough than trying to match it to a photo of the side of an apple. The chewing gum would be also be distorted and easily exclude the suspect if they took an actual dental impression of the suspect. Something that happened in real life and sent an innocent man to prison for 16 years and let a killer go free. "Bite evidence" removed Justin Albert Johnson from suspicion for the rape and murder of a three year old girl. Four months later he kidnapped, raped and murdered another three year old girl.
The general public takes the science in these types of shows as gospel when they shouldn't. Writers should do better.
In another episode, Bones claims human dentition is as unique as fingerprint. This has never been proven. Dentition CHANGES. Fingerprints don't. Every restoration, crowns, veneers, braces all change the dentition of your teeth. She claims a piece of discarded chewing gum matches a suspect's dental records. The same impression could also match a million other people on the planet. It's the equivalent of pushing the bottom of an apple into a bit of dough than trying to match it to a photo of the side of an apple. The chewing gum would be also be distorted and easily exclude the suspect if they took an actual dental impression of the suspect. Something that happened in real life and sent an innocent man to prison for 16 years and let a killer go free. "Bite evidence" removed Justin Albert Johnson from suspicion for the rape and murder of a three year old girl. Four months later he kidnapped, raped and murdered another three year old girl.
The general public takes the science in these types of shows as gospel when they shouldn't. Writers should do better.