ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
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Facial Casting as a Method to Help Identify Severely Disfigured Corpses
Boublenza, A
Forensic Physician and Pathologist (currently Associate Researcher in the Department of Anthropology, Florida Atlantic University), Forensic Physician, Forensic Physician, and Professor of Forensic Medicine, Laboratoire de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine,

Ollier, A
Forensic Physician and Pathologist (currently Associate Researcher in the Department of Anthropology, Florida Atlantic University), Forensic Physician, Forensic Physician, and Professor of Forensic Medicine, Laboratoire de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine,

Grévin, G
Anthropologist, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Physique, C.N.R.S. (National Center of Scientific Research),

Quatrehomme, G
Forensic Physician and Pathologist (currently Associate Researcher in the Department of Anthropology, Florida Atlantic University), Forensic Physician, Forensic Physician, and Professor of Forensic Medicine, Laboratoire de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine,

Garidel, Y
Ethnologist, Laboratoire d'Ethnologie, Faculté des Lettres,

Liao, Z
Forensic Physician and Pathologist (currently Associate Researcher in the Department of Anthropology, Florida Atlantic University), Forensic Physician, Forensic Physician, and Professor of Forensic Medicine, Laboratoire de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine,

Abstract

The authors apply a previously reported method for facial casting of severely disfigured corpses, which allowed a three-dimensional cast to be made. This method involved several stages: face restoration, casting by elastomer, then three-dimensional positive image building. This technique seems to be useful in all cases of severe disfiguration of the face, particularly by trauma.

Keywords:
forensic science, forensic anthropology, forensic medicine, casting, human identification, facial restoration, facial reconstruction

Paper ID: JFS13948J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13948J
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