Kaklamanos, Eleftherios G.2025-04-302025-04-302024https://repository.mbru.ac.ae/handle/1/1653Forensic Odontology is a critical field within forensic science, with significant importance in legal contexts and the identification of victims in mass disasters or cases of abuse. This article focuses on the efforts made by the European University Cyprus (EUC) School of Dentistry to raise awareness amongdental students regarding legal and forensic dentistry practices. Through voluntary visits to the Anthropological Laboratory of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in Cyprus, students gain firsthand experience and insights into anthropological analysis for identifying missing individuals. These visits provide students with practical application opportunities, emphasizing record-keeping practices, oral tissue morphology analysis, and unique aspects of restorative work during identification processes. Feedback from participating students highlights the value of exCitation: Giannakopoulos, K.; Lambrou, P.; Kaklamanos, E.G.; Aristotelous, A. The Anthropological Process of Identifying Missing Persons as a Teaching Method for Increasing Awareness in Legal and Forensic Dentistry in the Republic of Cyprus. Forensic Sci. 2024, 4, 598–603. https://doi.org/10.3390/ forensicsci4040041 Academic Editors: Hiroshi Ikegaya and HugoCardoso Received: 30 August 2024 Revised: 31 October 2024 Accepted: 5 November 2024 Published: 8 November 2024 Copyright: © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). periential learning in increasing awareness about forensic odontology’s importance and relevance in real-world scenarios. The initiatives undertaken by the EUC School of Dentistry contribute to enhancing legal and forensic dentistry awareness among future dental professionals in Cyprus.enforensic odontologyforensic dentistrymissing personsanthropological laboratoryteaching methodshuman remains identification