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Introduction:During mass disasters, due to the quantity of bodies destroyed and their rapid decomposition, it is very often difficult to identify individuals. Today, this recognition can be made much easier by using the elements found in the ante-mortem oral file of the victims. This practice, which is increasingly common in the West, is very little used in our country where we have very few studies on the medico-legal value of this document. The purpose of the study was to determine the contribution of the oral file in the medico-legal identification in Yaoundé.Methods: It was a descriptive and retrospective study conducted over a period of 8 months during 2021, in three hospitals in Yaoundé, namely the University Hospital of Yaoundé (CHUY), the Military Hospital of Yaoundé (HMY) and the Adventist Clinic of Yaoundé. Our research spanned a period of 4 years from January 2017 to December 2020. Our research spanned a period of 4 years from January 2017 to December 2020. Included in our study were any available and usable oral record found in the odontostomatology departments of our health facilities. Data collection was done using a pre-designed sheet. The data recording and analysis was carried out using Excel 2016 and SPSS 25.0 software. Results:Out of 2761 files registered, 80.2% were archived and 1200 were exploitable. Photographs were missing from our files. The forensic identifiers found were: the patient's personal information in at least 98.25% of the files, the odontogram in 48.75% of the files, the casts in 1.5% of the files, the retro-alveolar x-rays in 8.41% of the files and the panoramic x-rays in 2.08% of the files. Conclusion:The oral file has a lot of personal, clinical and paraclinical information useful for the identification of victims.

Introduction: Cellulite is an inflammatory process of bacterial origin of cellulo-adipose tissue. Its evolution and management can be marked by complications that can induce sequelae to patients. The purpose of the study was to determine the counts of harm assessed following surgical management of head and neck cellulitis of oral origin in three hospitals in Yaounde. Methodology: A descriptive and retrospective study was conducted in three hospitals in the city of Yaounde during 2021 for 7 months. Included in our research were patients surgically treated for head and neck cellulitis from January 2010 to December 2018. The data collection was done with a pre-designed sheet and the analysis of the results obtained using the EPI info 7.2.2.6 software. Results: Out of 352 patients collected, male accounted for 63% of cases with a sex ratio of 1.69. The average age was 32.52 ± 11.4 years with extremes ranging from 1 to 73 years. About 46.88% worked in the informal sector. The main functional sequelae were edentulism (68.75%), and the average permanent functional deficit (PFD) was 1.61% ±1.15 with extremes between 0 and 7%. Permanent aesthetic damage (PEP) was mostly very mild, rated at 1/7 in 86.65% of cases. The suffering endured (SE) was mainly very mild, at 1/7 in 91.19% of cases. Conclusion: The counts of harm assessed following odontogenic head and neck cellulitis were aesthetic harm, suffering endured and permanent functional deficit.

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