title: Facial casting as a method to help identify severely disfigured corpses.
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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quatrehomme
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Garidel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grévin
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boublenza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ollier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005145:Face; D005151:Facial Injuries; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide