Roger D Metcalf DDS, JD
Forensic Odontology
Roger D Metcalf DDS, JD
PO Box 137442
Fort Worth, TX 76136-1442
ph: +1-817-371-3312
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Hello! My name is Roger D. Metcalf, D.D.S., J.D., and I'm a forensic dentist located in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.* The scope of my practice includes primarily identification of unidentified human remains as well as dental age estimation, bitemark analysis, and civil litigation support in malpractice actions or administrative matters such as fraud investigations. I've been qualified as, and have testified as, an expert witness in forensic dentistry in both state and federal court, and in murder and capital murder trials in Texas courts.
I am very fortunate to hold a B.S. degree in biology from Baylor University and a D.D.S. from Baylor College of Dentistry.
I also completed the Fellowship in Forensic Odontology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School, Center for Education and Research in Forensics. I practiced general dentistry in Arlington, Texas, area for 27 years before being appointed to the full-time position of 
Director of the Human ID Lab and Forensic Odontologist for a local medical exminer's office. I retired from the ME's office after about 16 1/2 years. I am very appreciateive of the opportunity to have been employed by Tarrant County. I am fortunate to continue to serve as a Forensic Odontologist for the El Paso County Medical Examiner's Office.
I am a graduate of Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth--I still haven't taken the Bar exam yet, so I'm not a licensed attorney, but from time to time I think about taking the Bar exam--maybe someday!
I was an active volunteer for the Innocence Project/Innocence Project of Texas/Texas Wesleyan University School of Law Innocence Project (the group that has been extensively involved in the Dallas D.N.A. exonerations) while in law school, and proudly 
served as a dental officer with the 214th Medical Brigade of the Texas State Guard with the rank of Lt Colonel. In addition, I hold a master's degree in forensic science administration from Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences. I enjoy serving as an editorial board member of the Indian Journal of Forensic Odontology, as well as an occasional ad hoc reviewer for Medicine, Science, and the Law, the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Forensic Medicine & Pathology, the Indian Journal of Dental Research, and the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
I just finished an MBA at Texas Wesleyan, and I'm now in the PhD program in Forensic Science back at Oklahoma State. You might say that I really enjoy learning new things!...and also that my wife is a very understanding and patient lady.
(Wow..."I"...."I"...."I"...but I don't now how to otherwise write these things.)
I have very proudly earned a Diploma in Forensic Human Identification from the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and may be be the only person in the U.S. who actually holds a formal qualification in forensic human identification.
My board-certification is by the American Board of Forensic Odontology, and I am very glad and humbled to currently serve as President of the ABFO; I have also served as Chair of the ABFO Civil Litigation Committee, Co-Chair of the Bitemark Workshop Committee, Chair of the Bitemark Committee, as well as having been 2013-14 Chair of the ABFO Certification & Examination Committee.
Other assigments include: Past Chair of the Amicus Brief Committee of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Chair of the Odontology Section of the AAFS, and Past-President of the American Society of Forensic Odontology and editor of the upcoming ASFO Manual of Forensic Odontology 6th Edition.
I am very honored to have served two terms as Executive Secretary of the Forensic Odontology Subcommittee of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Organization of Scientific Area Committees.
And, of course, I'm a member of the Americal Dental Association, as well.
Please note: Baylor College of Dentistry is now Texas A&M 
University College of Dentistry, and Texas Wesleyan University School of Law is now Texas A&M University School of Law. I have completely embraced the idea that two of my former schools are now part of the Texas A&M system, and so have also recently graduated from Texas A&M-Commerce with a master's degree in biology. I think that Oklahoma State University is somehow even still actually Oklahoma A&M University.
Please take a look at the June, 2015, issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association. This issue is dedicated to forensic odontology and was edited by Dr. Duane Spencer, D-ABFO. I was very honored to have been invited to co-author the keynote article with my California colleague Dr. Janice Klim-Lemann, D-ABFO. Several terrific articles are presented that were written by well-respected practicing forensic odontologists.
Please note that this webpage is my personal webpage and does not necessarily reflect the views of any other organization.
* Perhaps to be painfully correct I should say that I'm actually a general dentist with a practice limited to forensic odontology. The State Board properly says we are not allowed to present ourselves as specialists in unrecognized dental specialties. But my particular area of specialized expertise is not a dental field, rather it is a forensic field.
I do not present myself as a dental specialist, but rather as a forensic specialist that happens to be a dentist.
Above: My class at the Academy of Forensic Medical Sciences at Bart's and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, preparing to sit for the diploma examination of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians. A few months later, I took the exam--it was a pretty darn difficult exam, in my estimation, but then, of course, I had never written an exam in England before--luckily law school had prepared me well for the type of exam we took.
Roger D Metcalf DDS, JD
PO Box 137442
Fort Worth, TX 76136-1442
ph: +1-817-371-3312
roger