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Volume 4 Issue 3 (May - June, 2016)

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CORRELATION BETWEEN LIP PRINTS AND FINGER PRINTS IN GUJRATI POPULATION-A FORENSIC STUDY
Rashmi Metgud, Manpreet Kaur, Smitha Naik, AnirrudhTak, Shrikant Patel

Background: Personal identification is becoming increasingly important not only in legal medicine but also in criminal investigation. Cheiloscopy and Dactyloscopy both are forensic investigation technique that deals with the identification based on lip traces and finger prints. Both are genetically determined and remain stable over passage of time. They are Unique to an individual, therefore lip print and finger prints can be useful in forensic investigation and can be correlated for the purpose of better identification. Aim & objectives: This study was planned to analyze the predominant pattern of lip and fingerprints in males and females and to establish a correlation between lip print and finger printand their role in gender identification. Materials and methods:  Subjects included 200 Gujarati male and female students aged between 18 to27 years studying in Pacific Dental College, Udaipur . Brown/pink colored lip stick was applied on the lips. Lip prints were traced in the normal rest position, using cellophane tape. The imprint of the left thumb was taken on a white chart sheet and visualized using magnifying lens. Results: In our study we found that correlation between lip prints and finger prints for gender identification was statistically significant.
Keywords: Cheiloscopy, dactyloscopy, lip prints, finger prints.

Corresponding author: Dr. Rashmi Metgud, Prof. & HOD, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology, Pacific Dental College & Hospital, Udaipur, Email: rashmi_metgud@rediffmail.com
This article may be cited as:  Metgud R,  Kaur M, Naik S, Tak A, Patel S. Correlation between Lip Prints and Finger Prints in Gujrati Population-A Forensic Study. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(3):30-34.


 
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