ISSN 2756-3421
African Journal of Dentistry ISSN 2756-3421 Vol. 14 (1), pp. 001-007, January, 2026. Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Forensic Identification via ABO Blood Grouping of Exfoliated Deciduous Teeth
Inne S. Sasmita1*, Fahmi Oscandar2 and Novita H. Effendi3
1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia.
2Department of Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia.
3Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia.
Accepted 20 November, 2025
This study investigated the feasibility and accuracy of blood types identification through deciduous teeth, using absorption-elution. A total of 15 deciduous teeth extracted from 15 children were used to identify blood types which were compared with the blood types of the children's parents. The blood types of 5 (of 5) samples were fully-identified whose agglutination process took place less than a week. The blood types of four samples (of 5 samples) were identified if the agglutination process took place more than a week. The blood types of two samples (of 5 samples) were identified if the agglutination process took place more than a month. Taken together, our results suggest that deciduous teeth can be used to identify blood types using absorption-elution method for forensic odontology and the accuracy of blood types identification depends on the duration of agglutination.
Key words: Absorption-ellusi, blood type, deciduous teeth, agglutination.