Shagufta Hasan
A critical issue in forensic pathology is the identification of cadavers, which is the primary responsibility of forensic anthropologists and dentists. However, outside of a few American papers, the official nature of this issue is still poorly understood in most other nations. The authors of this article describe a descriptive analysis of unidentified decedents in Milan over a 14-year period (1995-2008). With a mean of 32 unidentified cases each year, the number of cadavers or human remains arriving at the morgue without an identity totals 3.1% of all autopsies at the Institute of Legal Medicine; 62% of these people were positively recognized within a time frame of a few days to 10 years. On average, 17% are still unidentified. The majority of identification procedures utilized forensic anthropology and dentistry. In order to help forensic pathologists, anthropologists, and odontologists focus on this problem and potential remedies in their respective nations, this study intends to shed light on the subject.