Lip Prints Essay

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Journal of Oral Health & Community Dentistry Lip Prints - Can it Aid in Individual Identification Amith HV1, Anil V Ankola2, Nagesh L3 ABSTRACT Objectives: To compare the Lip Print Patterns of males and females, and to find out quadrant wise and sex wise predilection of lip print patterns. Materials and Methods: A total of 200 dental students who satisfied the eligibility criteria were selected. Lip impressions of all these subjects were recorded. Suzuki’s classification of Lip Prints was used and the results were analyzed. Results: Type II pattern was dominant in males in the Third and Fourth quadrants. Type III pattern did not occur in Third and Fourth quadrants at all. It has occurred in First/ Second quadrant exclusively in males. The results were found to be statistically significant. Conclusions: With these results it can be concluded that Lip Prints are characteristic of an individual and behold a potential in individual identification like the Finger Prints. Further longitudinal investigations with larger sample size should be carried out to know more about this science. Keywords: Lip prints; Individual identification; Cheiloscopy. 1 Reader Department of Public Health Dentistry. AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore-575018. Karnataka, India 2 Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry. KLEVK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belgaum, Karnataka India 3 Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry. Bapuji Dental college, Davangere, Karnataka India Contact Author Dr. Amith H.V amith_hv@yahoo.co.in J Oral Health Comm Dent 2011;5(3)113-118 JOHCD www.johcd.org INTRODUCTION n India, as well as all over the world today, crimes of different nature are on the rise. Both criminals and educated elite of the society are making use of sophisticated technical measures while

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