通过对比牙科分析确定对未知人类遗骸或身份不明的活着的个体的积极识别，需要治疗患者的牙科医生提交证明文件，以及对身份不明的遗骸或身份不明的活着的个体的仔细记录。通过牙齿分析进行人类识别是对口腔颌面部结构的比较。许多法医组织已经概述了协调这些信息（例如，射线照片、图表和进度说明）的程序，包括美国法医牙病学委员会（ABFO）、美国法医牙病学协会（ASFO）、英国法医牙病学协会（BAFO）、灾难停尸房行动响应小组（DMORT）、国际刑警组织？s DVI指导委员会法医齿科小组委员会以及许多其他机构。 ADA TR 1088-2017的目标是向法医牙科医生、法医病理学家、医学检查人员和验尸官、执法人员、牙科学校、应急计划人员和其他人提供有关法医牙科社区推荐的最佳实践的最佳可用最新信息。它包括关于如何获得比较性法医牙科数据的指南，以及协调这些数据的建议方法，以便通过比较性牙科分析确定身份。

The establishment of a positive identification of unknown human remains or an unidentified living individual by comparative dental analysis requires both the submission of supporting documentation from the dental provider (s) who treated the patient as well as careful documentation of the unidentified remains or an unidentified living individual. Human Identification by dental analysis is the comparison of oral maxillofacial structures. The procedures to reconcile this information (e.g., radiographs, charts, and progress notes) have been outlined by numerous forensic organizations including the American Board of Forensic Odontology (ABFO), American Society of Forensic Odontology (ASFO), British Association of Forensic Odontology (BAFO), Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT), Interpol?s DVI Steering Committee Forensic Odontology Subcommittee as well as many others.The goal of ADA TR 1088-2017 is to provide the best available current information to forensic odontologists, forensic pathologists, medical examiners and coroners, law enforcement personnel, dental schools, emergency planners and others on the best practices recommended by the forensic odontology community. It includes guidelines on how to obtain comparative forensic dental data as well as the recommended methodologies to reconcile that data in order to establish an identification by comparative dental analysis.