1Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, ITS-CDSR, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
3Associate Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
4Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
Fingerprint evidence, is undoubtedly the most reliable and acceptable evidence for individual identification, till date, in the court of law. Cheiloscopic prints are also used for gender identification, however, unlike fingerprints, unanimity still does not exist between investigators to accept cheiloscopy as a method of gender identification.
Aims: Determination of sex of an individual from (1) lip print patterns, (2) finger print patterns and (3) comparison of the two methods in sex determination.
Methodology: Lip prints and finger prints of left thumb were obtained from 89 (43 males and 46 females) subjects included in the study. The lip prints and finger prints were analysed Results: Lip print analysis had higher specificity (69.6%), positive predictive value (68.9%) and negative predictive value (72.7%) for gender identification over finger prints.
lip print, finger print, patterns
