CHEILOSCOPY: A TOOL FOR GENDER IDENTIFICATION

RM VATCHALARANI; ANJUM ARA; BC MANJUNATH; POOJA GUPTA; RADHEY SHYAM

Volume : VIII, Issue : XI, November - 2019

CHEILOSCOPY: A TOOL FOR GENDER IDENTIFICATION

Rm Vatchalarani, Anjum Ara, Bc Manjunath, Pooja Gupta, Radhey Shyam

Abstract :

Objective: To find out whether lip prints can be used as a tool for identification of a gender and to find the most common lip patterns which can be useful for gender prediction. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among 100 individuals visiting a dental institution in New Delhi with age ranging from 18 years to 50 years. A dark, non glossy red colour lipstick was used to take lip impression. A cellophane tape was used to retrieve the lip patterns and the same was transferred on white bond sheet. Using a 10x magnifying glass, the lip patterns were recorded using Suzuki and Tsushihashi classification (1970). The data was analysed using SPSS 22 and Chi-Square test was used to find the difference among gender with p value fixed at 0.05 Results: In the study participants, overall, Type II was predominantly present (35.8%) when compared to Type I (30.8%). Even though, there was difference in the occurrence of Type II lip patterns among females (23.8%) and males (12.8%), it was not statistically significant (p>0.05). Conclusion: Lip patterns are unique and can be compared to finger prints. Type II lip patterns were found predominantly with more female predilection. Large population based studies are required to obtain lip prints from various ethnic population so that matching can be done in cases of person identification.