[Possiblities of craniofacial identification from incomplete and damaged skulls].

With the aim of development criteria for assessment of results of personal identification with the use of the method of photo superposition of incomplete and damaged skulls at initial stages of our work, the frequency of submission of such skulls to examination was determined. Main groups of skull defects were determined, and identification results subject to each defect were estimated; which gave conclusion that presence or absence of one or another defect did not impede photo superposition. Signs, which most frequently were crucial for final result of identification, were determined. Analysis of obtained data show that the more number of crucial signs will be taken into account at personal identification, all the more with incomplete skulls, the more valid result will be obtained.