Background: Bite marks may be one of the physical and biological evidences left by criminals at the site of criminal act. Bite mark identification is based on the individuality of a dentition, which is used to match a bite mark to a suspected perpetrator., Aims & objectives: To formulate an integrated technique for analyzing the bite marks by devising an experimental case study using new and accepted techniques., Methodology: Dental stone casts and VPS impressions of bite marks on wax wafers were made for thirty volunteers having complete set of natural upper and lower anterior teeth. Pattern association followed by metric analysis of selected dental features in the dental stone casts and VPS impressions was done., Results: A high sensitivity 0f 100% and positive predictive accuracy of 66.6 % implies a fairly high degree of accuracy for this method of bite marks analysis., Conclusion: This paper describes an objective analysis technique which could be used when confronted with a bite mark case and can be adapted for each individual case. The relevant frequency of specific dental features within specified populations is, however, required.

Keywords: Forensic odontology, bite mark identification, pattern association, hollow volume overlays, metric analysis.