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Assemblymember Wood Uses Forensic Dentistry to Help ID Camp Fire Victims (NPR)

(Paradise, CA) – Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa) spent much of his adult life as a dentist. Now he’s using his dental training to help identify the remains of victims of the Camp Fire. National Public Radio’s David Green met Dr. Wood near Paradise, the town ravaged by the Camp Fire, to talk about how forensic dentistry works and what it feels like to identify a victim. Hear the entire interview here: (4:22)