Forensic Dentistry: Role, Responsibilities & Interesting Cases

Staff welcome to attend.

5:30 Social Hour

6:30 Program

Dr. Jim Lewis is the Director of Forensic Odontology & Associate Professor of Dental Medicine. A native of north Alabama, he earned his dental degree from the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Dentistry in 1985. He maintained a general dentistry practice in Madison, Alabama from 1986 – 2017; completed the Fellowship in Forensic Odontology from the Center for Education and Research in Forensics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2001; and, currently is a forensic dental educator and consultant.

As a forensic dentist, he assisted in victim identification in New York following the World Trade Center attack, and since 2003, has served as consultant to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS) and volunteer to the Alabama Office of Emergency Preparedness in relation to its mass disaster response group. In 2017, he became a dental consultant to the Knox County Regional Forensic Center in Tennessee and the Director of Forensic Dentistry in the Division of Forensics at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville where he administrated a Fellowship and Master of Science programs in Forensic Dentistry. Dr. Lewis joined the Lincoln Memorial University, College of Dental Medicine as an associate professor of dental medicine and Director of Forensic Dentistry in 2022. As the College of Dental Medicine’s Director of Forensic Dentistry, Dr. Lewis is the program administrator for the Master of Science in Forensic Dentistry and Fellowship in Forensic Dentistry programs; and, oversees forensic dental research. Additionally, he serves as the forensic dental consultant to the National Forensic Academy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.