An evaluation of microdisks for dental identification.

Twenty polyester dental identification microdisks were bonded to the surface of 20 extracted human mandibular molars and placed in 0.9% saline solution for 26 weeks, after which the teeth with bonded microdisks were embedded in bovine muscle tissue and incinerated for 11 minutes. Under the conditions of this study, 2 of the 20 polyester microdisks did not demonstrate deterioration and remained legible after storage in saline. The teeth and bonded microdisks did not appear to be affected by 11 minutes of incineration. A list of ideal characteristics for identification microdisks did proposed.