Facial soft tissue thickness of Brazilian adults

Abstract The auxiliary technique known as Facial Reconstruction enables one to reestablish the contours of the soft tissues over the skull, therefore producing a face and increasing the probability of a facial recognition. The reliability of this technique depends on the evaluation of the mean value...

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Published inForensic science international Vol. 193; no. 1; pp. 127.e1 - 127.e7
Main Authors Tedeschi-Oliveira, Sílvia Virginia, Melani, Rodolfo Francisco Haltenhoff, de Almeida, Natalie Haddad, de Paiva, Luiz Airton Saavedra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 15.12.2009
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Body Mass Index
Brazil
Continental Population Groups
Face - anatomy & histology
Facial Reconstruction
Female
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic anthropology population data
Forensic sciences
Humans
Identification
Male
Middle Aged
Nutritional Status
Pathology
Sex Characteristics
Soft tissue thickness
Young Adult
Brazil
Identification
Soft tissue thickness
Forensic anthropology population data
Facial Reconstruction
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Summary:Abstract The auxiliary technique known as Facial Reconstruction enables one to reestablish the contours of the soft tissues over the skull, therefore producing a face and increasing the probability of a facial recognition. The reliability of this technique depends on the evaluation of the mean values of soft tissue thicknesses observed in a given population. Measurements were evaluated in autopsied corpses in “Section of Technical Verification of Deaths” in Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil. Thickness was measured manually by puncturing 10 midline craniometrical points and 11 bilateral points on a sample of 40 corpses of both sexes aged between 17 and 90 years, classified by skin color and the nutritional state. The results for the average thickness values are higher for males, variations related to the nutritional state are proportional to the increased fat on the face and age was not significant. The ethnic variable related to skin color when compared to studies with other populations showed differences, with the need for a reference table for a given population application of Facial Reconstruction technique in skulls of non-attributable identity.
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ISSN:0379-0738
1872-6283
DOI:10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.09.002