Cheiloscopy: A potential tool in sex determination Agarwal M1,*, Sumathi M K2, Balaji N3, Vendhan V4 1Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Bagarpur, Delhi Road, Moradabad 2Reader, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Bagarpur, Delhi Road, Moradabad 3Professor & Head, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Bagarpur, Delhi Road, Moradabad 4Reader, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Pondicherry, India *Corresponding author: Mansi Agarwal, Postgraduate Student Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology. Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College And Research Centre, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Bagarpur, Delhi Road, Moradabad-244001 E mail: drmansiag@gmail.com; Mobile: 09837160635
Online published on 18 April, 2014. Abstract Background: Establishing a person's identity in post-mortem scenarios can be a very difficult process. Dental records, fingerprint and DNA comparisons are probably the most common techniques used in this context, but under certain circumstances, they cannot always be used; sometimes it is necessary to apply different and less known techniques. Cheiloscopy, the study of lip prints, is an upcoming tool for the identification of persons. Objective: The aim of the study was to highlight the importance of lip prints in sex determination related to forensic investigation for identification. Method: Study was conducted on 200 dental students which include 100 males and 100 females. Lip prints were collected and analyzed as per Tsuchihashi's classification. Results: No two lip prints matched with each other, thus establishing the uniqueness of lip prints. Type I and II were most common in females and type III and IV pattern were seen most commonly in males. Conclusion: The present study is able to convey that lip prints behold the potential of determination of the sex. Top Keywords Post Mortem, Identification, Lip Prints, Sex Determination. Top |