Lip prints: Role in forensic odontology

Autor: Janardhanam Dineshshankar, Nalliappan Ganapathi, Thukanaykanpalayam Ragunathan Yoithapprabhunath, Thangadurai Maheswaran, Muniapillai Siva Kumar, Ravi Aravindhan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, Vol 5, Iss 5, Pp 95-97 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0975-7406
0976-4879
DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.113305
Popis: Identification plays a major role in any crime investigation. The pattern of wrinkles on the lips has individual characteristics like fingerprints. Cheiloscopy is a forensic investigation technique that deals with identification of humans based on lips traces. In the past decades, lip-print studies attracted the attention of many scientists as a new tool for human identification in both civil and criminal issues. The lip crease pattern is on the vermilion border of the lip, which is quite mobile and lip prints may vary in appearance according to the pressure, direction and method used in making the print. It concludes by enlightening the readers with the fact that the possibilities to use the red part of lips to identify a human being are wider than it is commonly thought.
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