Abstract
Objectives: To determine the predominant lip print type in the Bihar population of India.
Methods: In this cross - sectional study, 200 subjects of both sex (100 males and 100 females) aged between 25-40 years whose family origins were from Bihar were studied. Young adults without any disease related to lips, with normal lip mucosa were included in the study. The present study evaluates the pattern of lip print patterns among males and females and the findings of the study are compared with the available data.
Results: Out of the 200 lipprint patterns studied, Type I (34.5%) were the most common pattern followed by Type IV (26%) and Type V (4%) being the least common pattern. In males, Type IV, Type I and Type II were 44 %, 27% and 3% respectively while in females Type I were 42%, Type I’ were 24% and Type V were 4%.
Conclusions: No two individuals have similar lip print impressions. Lip prints are unique to individuals and may help in personal identification. Further studies with larger sample size are required to establish that lip prints are unique like finger prints and can be used as a tool for identification in medicolegal cases.
Keywords: Lipprint, Cheiloscopy, Type I, Type I’, Medicolegal, Identification.
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Mukesh Prasad
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i1.65
