Digital Analysis of Lip Prints for Personal Identification: A Cross Sectional Study in South Indian Population
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https://doi.org/10.48165/Keywords:
Cheiloscopy, Personal identification, Lip prints, Forensic odontology, Digital analysisAbstract
Personal identification plays a pivotal role in identifying unknown persons both dead and alive. Cheiloscopy deals with examination of system of furrows on the red part of human lips. The present study was undertaken to classify lip prints, study their variations, determine the most common pattern in the study population, and evaluate differences in lip prints between males and females.Lip prints of 150 individuals, were obtained using lipstick and adhesive tape. The lip prints were scanned and analysed using Adobe® Photoshop® software 7and classified according to Tsuchihashi classification.All the lip prints showed different patterns. Patterns of lip prints occurred in various combinations. The patterns were similar between males and females. Type II was the most common followed by Type I.Although Lip prints have been found frequently at crime scenes its use is still in the budding stage. It is suggested to institute a record of lip prints for all individuals in a certain locality, hoping to be a reference in civil litigations and criminal cases.
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