CAV-ID, Computer Aided Victim Identification, is a new program that uses dental information to help coroners identify mass-disaster victims. For example, says CAV-ID developer Dr. Howard Glazer, next of kin are routinely asked by police to provide dental records of plane-crash victims. This data can be entered into the program and compared with the post-mortem dental information. The software will provide a report that lists possible matches in descending order of probability. Glazer says that Interpol and the FBI have already expressed interest in CAV-ID, and it's his goal to make the program "the vehicle through which an international databank is established for all unknown individuals." CAV-ID Development: +1 (212) 463 8075.
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