Norman (Skip) Sperber, D.D.S began his forensic career in the Toxicology department of the N.Y.C. Chief Medical Examiner’s office in 1946.

Since that time, he has served as a Dental officer in the U.S Navy for ten years (active and reserve duty), and has practiced general dentistry for fifty years. With two other dentists, he established the first state dental identification system ( California) in the U.S. and as a result of a U.S. Congressional appointment, he established the first National Identification System (NCIC) in cooperation with the FBI. He has testified in over 215 forensic cases.

He is a fellow of the American College of Dentistry, a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Odontology, and along with another dentist became the first Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in 2000, from the dental section.