Toothprints offers parents an inexpensive and reliable means of identification in the case that their children become abducted or missing.

Do you have a positive ID of your child?

· Like fingerprints, dental imprints are unique to every person so bite impressions serve an accurate method of identification

· Parents keep the Toothprints record themselves for confidentiality and quick access.

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One of the greatest fears of parents today is that their child will get lost or, worse yet, be abducted. Indicative of this concern is the fact that to date,  34 states have implemented AMBER Alert systems that issue state-wide public alerts about missing children. Toothprints bite impressions play a pivotal role in providing a proven means of identifying children or, better yet, DNA and saliva samples for tracking them. Developed by Dr. Dave Tesini, a pediatric dentist from Massachusetts, Toothprints is a simple, cost-effective way of documenting your child’s unique tooth characteristics, tooth position within the arch

and upper/lower jaw relationship – all important identifiers.

Few children have fingerprints taken and the successful fight against tooth decay has left many children with no cavities and few dental records. Toothprints provides a unique record that can give parents greater peace of mind.

DNA—A Positive ID

Salivary DNA comes from the mouth’s constant shedding of skin cells. Although no specific DNA tests have been done, the saliva collected from a Toothprints wafer left in the mouth during imprinting would contain a significant amount DNA material, enough to make genetic matching possible, according to a Kerr manufacturing press release.

According to Peter Banks, Director of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, when Toothprints is taken, sufficient proteins in the saliva remain on the wafer from which a DNA test can be successfully performed for yet a second means of identification from Toothprints. He also states that, since the Toothprints wafer is sealed in a “zipper”-type plastic bag, enough scent remains for a trained dog to identify and track with it.

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