1Dept of Oral Pathology, Best Dental Science College, Madhurai
2Assistant Professor in Operative Dentistry, Department of RDS, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, 61471, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3Associate Professor, Dept of Forensic Medicine, Karpagam Faculty of Medical Sciences & Researchc, Coimbatore
4Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Jodhpur Dental College & General Hospital Jhanwar Road, Boranda, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
5Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Consultant Oral Surgeon, Ludhiana Dept of Oral Surgery
6Malla Reddy Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad
Online published on 5 October, 2016.
Study of lip prints is called cheiloscopy. Lip prints is an unique factor for every individual. Most of the forensic medical experts don't give importance for lip prints, but forensic odontologists do1.
It is one of the method for personal identification like age estimation, blood groups, sex determination, finger prints and height estimation. Lip prints proved to be successful in crime investigation2.
Lip prints can play a vital role in identification of suspect and victim also. Lip prints play crucial role in forensic investigation except in monozygotic twins3. Personal identification plays a vital role in forensic investigation10
