This article presents a review of the application of various medical sciences, including the fields of dentistry to help identify factors that prompts one to carry terror attacks, the one like 26/11. The article stresses the need of collecting relevant data through scientific research in various medical fields to understand the factors that lead to the growth of terrorism in our country. The article also discusses the role of psychology and other medical sciences including human behavior, criminology, sociology, community psychology to understand the hidden scientific aspects of terrorism and more importantly their application. Problem oriented research in every field is the need of the hour to evolve better protection for the citizens and the necessary modifications that our present day, adopted systems have. This article provides a rich source of hypothesis, theories and postulates for future terror related scientific research.

Keywords:  terrorism, 26/11, society, community psychology, behavioral science.

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