Forensic odontology and medicine have always been an important and integral component of forensic sciences as well as criminal investigation. Since ages, only two dimensional photographs of evidences have been presented to the court as presenting any physical evidence of human remains has many legal and ethical issues. Also time related degradation of specimens and also denial by the laymen regarding the human remains has caused a bias in the information. However the use of 3D digitizing systems such as laser scanners, photogrammetry etc. has revolutionized the field of forensics. This noninvasive approach allows replication of evidences and thus gains accurate evidences eliminating any bias. This technology allows easy collection of data with minimal degradation and more accuracy. As very meager literature is available on this topic, the paper aims at enlightening the mass about this novel technology and its uses in the field of forensic odontology.
