1Senior Lecturer- Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Saraswati Dental College & Hospital, Faizabad Road, Tiwari Ganj, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
2Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Babu Banarasi Das college of Dental Sciences, Faizabad Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
3Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Babu Banarasi Das college of Dental Sciences, Faizabad Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
4Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Babu Banarasi Das college of Dental Sciences, Faizabad Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
*Corresponding author: Shruti Sinha, Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Saraswati Dental College & Hospital, Faizabad Road, Tiwari Ganj, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh E mail: drshrutisinha05@gmail.com, Phone Number- 09455582263
Online published on 19 August, 2014.
Establishing an individual's identity in post-mortem issues can be a very difficult and tedious process. Lip prints are considered to be unique and thus can lead us to important information and help in a person's identification.
The objective of this study was to ascertain the use of lips prints in sex differentiation and to test the applicability of Tsuchihashi (1970) classification for identification of lip patterns and Vahanwala et al for identification of sex when applied to North Indian boys & girls.
A total of 150 subjects, 75 males and 75 females were selected from among the students of Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow while noting the name and sex of the respective individuals. After applying lip stick evenly, a lip impression was made. The lip print was then analyzed and interpreted to determine the sex of the individuals.
We found that 93.3% lip prints of males were correctly identified and 96.0% lip prints of females were correctly identified. Type 1′ (40.0%) and Type 1 (37.3%) was most commonly seen in females and Type 3 (50.7%) was most commonly seen in males.
Along with other available methods, cheiloscopy can also serve as a very important tool in the individual's identification based on the characteristics arrangement of lines appearing on the red part of the lips.
Cheiloscopy, Lip Prints, Forensic Odontology, Human Identification, Sex Determination, Sex Identification
