Comparison of lip Prints Between Northern and North –East Population
Journal Title: IDA Ludhiana's Journal - Le Dentistry - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Elevations and depressions of human lips that forms characteristic pattern are called lip prints and method of examination is called cheiloscopy. Lip prints can be an important tool for identification of a person .Different races and ethnic origin of people shows their uniqueness in lip print patterns. Aim and Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the most common lip pattern, in lip prints between males and females in Northern population and to determine the most common lip pattern, in lip prints between males and females in North-East population. This study also evaluates the difference in lip prints between males and females of North–East population and compares the most common lip print patterns between Northern and North–East population. Material and Methods: The study sample comprised 80 people aged between 17 and 21 years, out of which, 20 males and 20 females were of Northern population of Rajasthan were taken as Group 1 . 20 males and 20 females of North – East population were considered as Group 2. Results: In the present study ,the most predominant lip print pattern in males of Group 1 ( Northen population ) is Type II and type III .Maximum females of Group I have shown Type II lip print pattern . Similarly, males of Group II (north –east population ) have shown Type IV predominant lip print pattern whereas ,females of Group II have shown Type I predominant lip print pattern. Conclusion: It is established that there is no similarity of lip prints from one individual to another and between males and females
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Poonam Loomba, Ved Jyoti Gupta, Dr. Shobha BV, Shrikant Bayal, Priyanka Singh
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