Identification is an essential requirement of any medicolegal investigations, because a
mistaken identity may pose a problem in delivering justice. Labeled dentures can be
important in identifying the owners in case of an accident; loss of memory, states of
unconsciousness, being inadvertently misplaced on admission to a hospital or, in
identifying the bodies of those who have died in a calamity, Positive identification
through labeled dentures plays a key role in forensic scenario. This study reports the
results of a survey undertaken to determine the extent of the practice of denture marking
in Jaipur, the methods in use, and the attitudes of dentists, dental technicians and
institutions to it.