Abstract
Law enforcement agencies have exploited biometrics for decades as key tools in forensic identification. With the evolution in information technology and the huge volume of cases that need to be investigated by forensic specialists, automating the process of forensic identification became inevitable. Postmortem (PM) identification, encountered in mass disasters (e.g. wars, natural disasters, etc), requires the use of biometric characteristics that resist early decay of body tissues as well as withstand severe environmental conditions. To this end, dental features are the best candidates for PM identification [1].