1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad-244 001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2MDS Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, K.D. Dental College and Hospital, Mathura-281 001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
3King George Medical University, Lucknow.
4Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Research, Lucknow.
5MDS Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, K.D. Dental College and Hospital, Mathura-281 001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
The word Dermatoglyphics was coined by Dr. Harold Cummins in 1926, at the University of Oklahama. Dermatoglyphics have been correlated with skin patterns and external body features that can be used to construct diagnostic models for the purpose of personality identification as well as in diagnosis of phenotypic appearancesToday dermatoglyphics have been correlated with a number of oral and systemic diseases, and has been used in such diverse fields as Dentistry, Medicine, Genetic Research, Psychiatry and Anthropology. Dermatoglyphic examination is a very cost effective method and a reliable criteria for quantifying disease process, since sufficient evidences are there to prove same. what is being awaited is a mass education for same, it is expected that this review will be a much awaited step to give momentum to this reliable genetic marker i.e. Dermatoglyphic examination related to health and disease.
