DNA analysis can be considered a major technical advance in criminal investigation
since the discovery of fingerprints. It is incorporated in forensic routine by police of
first world countries and now it has been used in forensic reports in some states of
Brazil. This paper aimed to know the Brazilian context regarding this technology.
Questionnaires were applied in Institutes of Criminology and DNA forensic laboratories
of 20 Brazilian states. The results of this study allowed us to verify the greatest influence
of DNA technique in identification processes, the professional diversity of teams and
the description of the procedures, which incorporated specific knowledge from dental
professionals in the examples of teams with the presence of dentists