1Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Bagarpur, Delhi Road, Moradabad
2Reader, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Bagarpur, Delhi Road, Moradabad
3Professor & Head, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Bagarpur, Delhi Road, Moradabad
4Reader, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Pondicherry, India
*Corresponding author: Mansi Agarwal, Postgraduate Student Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology. Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College And Research Centre, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Bagarpur, Delhi Road, Moradabad-244001 E mail: drmansiag@gmail.com; Mobile: 09837160635
Online published on 18 April, 2014.
Background: Establishing a person's identity in post-mortem scenarios can be a very difficult process. Dental records, fingerprint and DNA comparisons are probably the most common techniques used in this context, but under certain circumstances, they cannot always be used; sometimes it is necessary to apply different and less known techniques. Cheiloscopy, the study of lip prints, is an upcoming tool for the identification of persons.
Objective: The aim of the study was to highlight the importance of lip prints in sex determination related to forensic investigation for identification.
Method: Study was conducted on 200 dental students which include 100 males and 100 females. Lip prints were collected and analyzed as per Tsuchihashi's classification.
Results: No two lip prints matched with each other, thus establishing the uniqueness of lip prints. Type I and II were most common in females and type III and IV pattern were seen most commonly in males.
Conclusion: The present study is able to convey that lip prints behold the potential of determination of the sex.
Post Mortem, Identification, Lip Prints, Sex Determination
