Copper Brace Method: A New Technique for Reconstructing Broken Bone Fragments

Human skulls and other bones recovered in forensic anthropological contexts may be found broken into multiple pieces, requiring reconstruction. This article prescribes a new method, termed copper-brace met hod, that simultaneously enables retaining the matching pieces of bones and readjusting th...

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Main Authors: Jayaprakash, Paul T., Alarmebnangai, S., Hadi, Helmi
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spelling my.usm.eprints.36110 http://eprints.usm.my/36110/ Copper Brace Method: A New Technique for Reconstructing Broken Bone Fragments Jayaprakash, Paul T. Alarmebnangai, S. Hadi, Helmi RA Public aspects of medicine Human skulls and other bones recovered in forensic anthropological contexts may be found broken into multiple pieces, requiring reconstruction. This article prescribes a new method, termed copper-brace met hod, that simultaneously enables retaining the matching pieces of bones and readjusting them during the process of reconstruct ion, ensuring an acceptable likeness in the spatial and contour configuration of the final reconstruction. 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/36110/1/2017-JFI-Copper_brace_method.pdf Jayaprakash, Paul T. and Alarmebnangai, S. and Hadi, Helmi (2017) Copper Brace Method: A New Technique for Reconstructing Broken Bone Fragments. Journal of Forensic Identification, 67 (2). pp. 180-189. ISSN 0895-173X
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Hadi, Helmi
Copper Brace Method: A New Technique for Reconstructing Broken Bone Fragments
description Human skulls and other bones recovered in forensic anthropological contexts may be found broken into multiple pieces, requiring reconstruction. This article prescribes a new method, termed copper-brace met hod, that simultaneously enables retaining the matching pieces of bones and readjusting them during the process of reconstruct ion, ensuring an acceptable likeness in the spatial and contour configuration of the final reconstruction.
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author Jayaprakash, Paul T.
Alarmebnangai, S.
Hadi, Helmi
author_facet Jayaprakash, Paul T.
Alarmebnangai, S.
Hadi, Helmi
author_sort Jayaprakash, Paul T.
title Copper Brace Method: A New Technique for Reconstructing Broken Bone Fragments
title_short Copper Brace Method: A New Technique for Reconstructing Broken Bone Fragments
title_full Copper Brace Method: A New Technique for Reconstructing Broken Bone Fragments
title_fullStr Copper Brace Method: A New Technique for Reconstructing Broken Bone Fragments
title_full_unstemmed Copper Brace Method: A New Technique for Reconstructing Broken Bone Fragments
title_sort copper brace method: a new technique for reconstructing broken bone fragments
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.usm.my/36110/1/2017-JFI-Copper_brace_method.pdf
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