Westmead Centre for Oral Health

NSW Forensic Dental Identification Unit

We work with NSW and Federal Government bodies to provide dental identification.

What we do

We provide the following services:

• dental identification
• age determinations
• teaching in disaster management
• dental identification of individuals
• mass disaster dental identification.

We also offer postgraduate forensic training.

Who we support

We provide services to:

• NSW Police Force
• NSW Coroners Court
• NSW Ministry of Health
• Australian Federal Police
• NSW Department of Forensic Medicine.

Appointments

Please call (02) 8890 7275

Referrals

Please call (02) 8890 7275 or for urgent cases please call (02) 9962 6209

Consultants

A/Professor Chris Griffiths, Staff Specialist, Director NSW Forensic Dental Unit

Dr A. Middleton, Staff Specialist

A/Professor J Taylor, VDO

Dr P Gower, VDO

Dr P Kendall, VDO

Key staff contacts