Cheiloscopy: Revisited

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Published Jun 1, 2012
https://doi.org/10.4103/0975-1475.99167
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Volume 4, Issue 1, January-June 2012

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Rachana Prabhu
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Yenepoya Dental College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka
Ajit Dinkar
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Goa
Vishnudas Prabhu
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Yenepoya Dental College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka
Prasanna Rao
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Yenepoya Dental College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka

Abstract

Identification plays a very important role in any crime investigation. Cheiloscopy helps in identifying the humans based on the lips′ traces. The pattern of wrinkles on the lips has individual characteristics like fingerprints. A review of the literature reveals very little research done on lip prints so far. The present article reviews in detail the history, scope of cheiloscopy, and the use of lip prints in crime detection. It also highlights the current research carried out in the field of cheiloscopy. An effort has been made to help the researchers by reviewing in detail the various methods of classifying and analyzing the lip prints. 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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Rachana Prabhu, Ajit Dinkar, Vishnudas Prabhu, & Prasanna Rao. (2012). Cheiloscopy: Revisited. Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences, 4(1), 47–52. https://doi.org/10.4103/0975-1475.99167
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