Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 2

Morphology of Lip Print Patterns among Indian and Malaysian Population-A Tool for Racial and Gender Identification

  • Author:
  • Alister Joseph Thomas1, Jagadish Rao Padubidri2,5,, Sowmya J Rao3, Ravichandra Udupa3, B Suresh Kumar Shetty4,5, H Pavanchand Shetty2,5, Haneil L Dsouza2,5
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 272 to 277

1Undergraduate Medical Trainee Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

3Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Srinivas Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

4Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

*Corresponding author: Dr Jagadish Rao Padubidri Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, (Affiliated to Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India) Contact No: +919900405085 Email Id: ppjrao@gmail.com

Online published on 5 May, 2018.

Abstract

Lip prints are like finger prints; Unique and never same in two different individuals. Lip prints are distinctive and do not change during the life of the person. Cheiloscopy can be of special interest in cases where there are no finger prints available and as a necroidentification technique

To identify different types of lip print patterns in North Indian, South Indian and Malaysian populations. To assess gender based on lip print patterns among Indian (North and South) and Malaysian population. 

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 128 subjects-102 were Indians and 26 were Malaysians. Lip prints were analyzed based on Tsuchihashi's classification. 

The data was analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 for Pearson's Chi-Square tests and p-value.

Lip print pattern findings were found to have accordance with few other researches done in similar population setting. Among Indian subjects-Type 2 and Type 4 patterns are predominant. Among Malaysian population-Type 2 and 1’ are predominant. In Indian and Malaysian male population-Type 2 and Type 4 are predominant. In Indian and Malaysian Female population-Type 2 and Type 1 are predominant.

In the study, different types of lip print patterns in North Indian, South Indian and Malaysian population with respect to ethnicity and gender were studied. Further research on this topic, with a larger sample, would help to increase the accuracy of this study, strengthen the research field of Cheiloscopy and make this study fruitful.

Keywords

Cheiloscopy, Racial Identification, Indian population, Malaysian population, gender determination