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cn ed Ee woajg — a a \ eae ‘a i—- dental age, and proximal angle comparisons, are consistent with that of Emmett Louis Till. ong Misc O/S LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE b. Forensic Dental Examination: Dental examination of the remains was conducted to establish the approximate age of the subject and to conduct a photographic comparison of dental details. The dental development and the tooth eruption of the remains revealed that the estimated mean dental age of the remains was 14.6 years, with a standard deviation of one year. 7!” ‘Family photographs of Emmett Till, taken during his lifetime, were obtained and provided to the Cook County Medical Examiner for use in a forensic dental examination. 2!* Exarnination of the ante mortem photographs revealed a distinctive gap or space between the maxillary left lateral incisor and the maxillary left canine. Measurements taken on the ante mortem photograph revealed an angle of 74 degrees for the proximal angle of this gap. Postmortem examination of this gap . | revealed an angle of 77 degrees for the proximal angie of this gap. | A photographic comparison wherein the superimposition of the left maxillary lateral incisor and maxillary left canine teeth were compared to an overlay of the ante mortem and post mortem dental images. This comparison revealed a concordance of both the anatomic contours ofthe incisal one-third of these teeth and their proximal angles. The dental examination concluded that based on a reasonable degree of dental certainty, the . 1Ot LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document centains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FB. it is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.