Replication of cranial gunshot wounds.
It is possible to differentiate between entrance and exit wounds in bone by examining the specimen concerned. Because of the evidential usefulness of providing jurists or members of a jury with such specimens, we describe an easy and reliable method for replicating gunshot wounds in the human skull utilizing dental materials and methods.
Pearce
B P J
BP
Department of Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Jackson
A P
AP
Kieser
J A
JA
D044709:Forensic Ballistics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology