Abstract text

A method for identifying individuals. The method entails identifying a human with an electronic identification transponder that can be interrogated by and communicate with a separate reader unit while the transponder is implanted in a surface region of a dental structure, namely, a mammalian tooth, denture, or dental prosthesis. The reader unit is used to interrogate the transponder, read an identification number stored by the transponder, and read additional information from the transponder associated with the person in which the transponder is implanted.