a working classification about the interrelationship of nine individual dental specialties with forensic odontology was formulated , and a detailed review about the relationship of these dental specialties with forensic odontology was ascertained .
the main objective of this study is to find the relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialties in the articles published in the journal of forensic odonto - stomatology from 2005 to 2012 .
all of the protocols for this study were performed in accordance with the declaration of helsinki .
the author has no known conflict of interest associated with the study and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome .
a total of 16 issues of journal of forensic odonto - stomatology from 2005 to 2012 were analyzed .
this was available on the journal website http://www.iofos.eu/jfosonline2.html ( last accessed on 2013 dec 30 ) .
the article contents were scrutinized based on the relationship of forensic odontology with other dental specialties .
the contents of the published articles were categorized into nine individual dental specialty articles based on the new working classification proposed for forensic odontology .
the dental specialties considered were oral pathology and microbiology , oral medicine and radiology , oral and maxillofacial surgery , pedodontics , periodontics , conservative dentistry and endodontics , prosthodontics , orthodontics and finally community dentistry .
the section on editorial , book review and conference proceedings in journal of forensic odonto - stomatology were excluded from the study .
the relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialties in the articles published in the journal of forensic odonto - stomatology from 2005 to 2012 is summarized in table 1 .
the relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialities in the articles published in the journal of forensic odonto - stomatology from 2005 to 2012
there is a paucity of information about the relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialties in the articles published in the journal of forensic odonto - stomatology . regarding the relationship with various dental specialties , the maximum number of published articles were related to oral medicine and radiology ( 20 ) and community dentistry ( 20 ) , followed by orthodontics ( 18 ) , prosthodontics ( 15 ) , and oral pathology and microbiology ( 8) , pedodontics ( 7 ) , oral and maxillofacial surgery ( 4 ) and conservative dentistry and endodontics ( 3 ) .
two articles dealing with forensic anthropology were excluded from the study since it has no relationship with dental specialties based on the new working classification for forensic odontology . in a recent study done on publication trends of a forensic odontology journal from india , regarding the relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialties ,
the maximum numbers of published articles were related to oral medicine and radiology ( 30 ) , followed by oral pathology and microbiology ( 16 ) , prosthodontics ( 14 ) , and orthodontics ( 10 ) and community dentistry ( 5 ) . regarding the relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialties ,
the maximum number of published articles were related to oral medicine and radiology in both journals ( journal of forensic odonto - stomatology and journal of forensic dental sciences ) . among the articles published in journal of forensic odonto - stomatology , mass disasters ( 10 ) and
bite mark analysis ( 10 ) followed by sexual dimorphism ( 8) and dental fraud and malpractice ( 8) followed by craniofacial superimposition ( 6 ) and identification ( 6 ) form the major attraction of the contributors . in journal of forensic dental sciences ,
cheiloscopy ( 12 ) followed by palatal rugoscopy ( 9 ) , sexual dimorphism ( 6 ) and cephalometrics ( 4 ) form the major attraction of the contributors .
in journal of forensic dental sciences , the two dental specialties such as oral and maxillofacial surgery and periodontics were untouched over 4 years publication . under periodontics
specialty , the editorial board should include articles about age estimation using periodontosis ( gum recession ) , root transparency and root length and identification using gingival morphology and pathology and thickness and widening of periodontal ligament and pathology and status of alveolar bone .
the main limitation of this study is that the data is taken from only one journal to study the relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialties .
to sum up , this paper has tried to evaluate the new working classification proposed for forensic odontology based on its relationship with other dental specialties .
 background : there is a paucity of information about the relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialties in the articles published in the journal of forensic odonto - stomatology . 
 this study aimed to find the relationship of forensic odontology with various dental specialties in the articles published in the journal of forensic odonto - stomatology from 2005 to 2012 over an 8-year period.methods:bibliometric analysis was performed using web - based search during december 2013.results:out of the total 97 published articles , the maximum number of published articles were related to oral medicine and radiology ( 20 ) and community dentistry ( 20 ) , followed by orthodontics ( 18 ) , prosthodontics ( 15 ) , and oral pathology and microbiology ( 8) , pedodontics ( 7 ) , oral and maxillofacial surgery ( 4 ) and conservative dentistry and endodontics ( 3 ) . among the articles published in journal of forensic odonto - stomatology , mass disasters ( 10 ) and bite mark analysis ( 10 ) , followed by sexual dimorphism ( 8) and dental fraud and malpractice ( 8) , followed by craniofacial superimposition ( 6 ) and identification ( 6 ) form the major attraction of the contributors.conclusion:this paper has tried to evaluate the new working classification proposed for forensic odontology based on its relationship with other dental specialties . 
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