A couple of years ago, Ice190 was able to obtain the casefile for a 1975 Jane Doe case in Strongsville Ohio. Contained in the case file were the dental records for Carlene Brown, which had previously been unavailable to the NamUs people.
From the dental records, I was able to construct a NamUs style dental chart for Carlene. I still have the dental chart for this Jane Doe from the old days when dental charts on NamUs UP casefiles were still publicly viewable.
Looking at the comparison of I was surprised at how close Carlene's charts were to this Jane Doe's. Iola Jane Doe had fillings in 13 teeth (#2, #3, #4, #5, #12, #13, #14, #15, #18, #19, #29, #30, and #31). Carlene had fillings in all of the same teeth, except #29 and #4 (which had a root canal).
On Carlene's chart, I marked dark blue where the teeth matched those on the Iola Jane Doe's chart.
I marked
light blue where the comparison was inconclusive.
* Iola JD's #29 was marked as restored with a filling. Carlene's dental records show no indication of any work on her #29. This is not considered as an irreconcilable difference, as it might be the result of missing dental records, or incomplete notations on her existing dental records.
* Iola JD's wisdom teeth were marked as impacted. Carlene's remaining wisdom teeth may or may not have been impacted, as impacted teeth aren't always noted on a patient's charts.
* Five of Iola JD's teeth (#8, #9, #22, #23 & #26) were lost postmortem, and couldn't be compared to Carlene's chart.
* Two of Iola JD's teeth (#25 & #27) were marked "O" for other. However, there was no elaboration of the meaning of the "O" classification on those teeth.
I marked red the two teeth that were inconsistent (i.e., #4 and #17)
* Iola JD's #4 was marked as restored with a filling. Carlene appears to have had a root canal on her #4.
* Iola JD's #17 (lower left wisdom tooth) was marked as present and impacted. Carlene appears to have had her #17 removed.
If we presume that the dental charts were error-free, this would be a positive rule-out based on #4 and #17. However, the commonalities are amazing, especially since Carlene's other particulars (age, height, hair color, and timeframe, and facial resemblance to reconstruction) are very consistent.
1981 IOLA JANE DOE
* Dental: Available
***** | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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Upper (R to L, 01-16) | NI | F | F | F | F | N | N | P | P | N | N | F | F | F | F | NI |
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Lower (R to L, 32-17) | NI | F | F | F | N | NO | P | NO | N | P | P | N | N | F | F | NI |
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***** | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
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N = Natural Tooth
I = Impacted
F = Filling
R = Root Canal
A = Antemortem Loss
P = Postmortem Loss
O = Other condition mentioned in comments.
CARLENE BROWN
http://charleyproject.org/case/carlene-brown
* Dental: Available
***** | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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***** | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
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[/tr] N = Natural Tooth
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A = Extraction or Lost Tooth