1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur
2Post Graduate Student, Department of Pedodontics, Rajarajeswari Dental College, Bangalore
Dental caries is one of the commonest problems faced by children leading to loss of teeth. The present study correlates the relation between fingerprint and dental caries in children. Dermatoglyphic pattern variations in children between study (caries) group and control (non caries) group were analyzed. Results show increase incidence of whorl and arch in female caries group where as male caries group show mild decrease in ulnar loop. Dental caries being multifactorial in causation, the results were in contrast to the earlier studies. Hence more advanced studies with larger sample group and with environmental and bacterial factors as co ordinates are required.
Dermatoglyphics, Intra Uterine life, Caries, dmf score
