1Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly-243006, (U.P.), India. Ph.: +91-9457467100
2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Rohilkhand Medical College, Bareilly-243006, (UP), India
3Professor and PG Guide, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly-243006, (UP), India
4Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly-243006, (UP), India
*Corresponding Author: E- mail: deepankarmisra@rediffmail.com
Online published on 29 April, 2015.
Establishing a person's identity is the most challenging subject for researchers. With use of gloves, fingerprints are absent at the crime scene, lip prints recovered from objects can be traced and analyzed. Cheiloscopy is examination of furrows and grooves on the lips forming characteristic pattern. They are permanent and positive means of criminal identification and sex determination. This study done on 200 subjects, proved uniqueness of lip prints. The reticular and intersecting (52%) was the commonest pattern in males and full and partial length (70%) in females. 95% males and 96% females were identified correctly with an accuracy of 90.5%.
Cheiloscopy, Sex determination, Criminal identification
