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Odontology is a well explored forensic discipline for human identification and individualization. The technique has effectively established identity to being grouped into the primary methods together with fingerprint and DNA. Referring to its effectiveness in individualizing victims of disasters. Studying from the fire case happened in Kebalen - Surabaya, Indonesia on May 29, 2018 that killed 8 people from 3 families, the technique was preferred. Involved victims were extensively burnt to impaired visual identification to Crow Glassman Scale 3 (CGS 3) of classification. To attend the cases ante mortem evidences of smiling photos were compared during reconciliation as the only option due to lack dental records. Comparison of smiling faces photograph to postmortem dental state gave accurate of identification of the eight victims. Therefore, this method can best be applied to identify individual even in absence of dental records.