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Forensic Dentistry plays a major role in natural as well as manmade disaster situations and particular in the mass casualties associated with aviation disasters. The wide use of dental implants in all fields of dentistry, will increase the frequency of implants becoming a part and, in some circumstances, most of the recorded antemortem information for an individual. Recent advances like implant recognition software, radiographic recognition of dental implants and assessment of batch numbers help the forensic odontologist in identifying the victims by comparing with the antemortem records of the affected victims, know the geographical area and socio economic status of the victim.