Background: Establishment of individuality is the basic concept of the humanity, which formulates personal identity. Forensic medicine is basically the science of identification and during last few decades multiple research work has been conducted for detection of different methods of identification to establish a baseline of identity e.g. dental data, fingerprinting, DNA analysis, anthropometry, identification of sex, assessment of age, determination of height and blood groups identification. Among these, DNA analysis and dental data provide easiest identifications, however, these techniques are expensive and not readily availablenecessitating additional techniques for identification. One of such novel approach is cheiloscopy i.e. study of lip print patterns. Methodology: In order to investigate the lip prints-based identification, a study was conducted in the Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical College, Lahore. A total of 125 female and 125 male student subjects were selected from all years of MBBS students Session 2016. Results: After detailed study and evaluation of lip patterns of 250 subjects, 96 males and 105 females were correctly identified based upon lip prints. Conclusion: Lip prints can and should be included in the forensic sciences as a means of establishment of individuality especially for criminals.
Introduction: Identification of human being is always a problem for scientistsand is based upon scientific principles. Finger prints, dental data, anthropometry & DNAanalysis are the tools used for identification purposes. The new arriving tool in the field ofpersonal identity is cheiloscopy i.e. study of lip prints which are unique for every individualand behold the potential for identification purpose. If lip prints are found at scene of crime, thepresence or absence of a person can be ruled out from the scene of crime. Methodology:The present study comprises of 150 students of SKZMDC in the age group of 20-23 year outof which 50 are males and 100 females. Lip prints were collected and matched according toSuzuki &Tsushihashi’s classification. Results: The most common pattern found in female wasII, while type III was predominant among males. Conclusion: Studies show lip prints have greatpotential to establish individuality, show gender variation and remain unchanged forever
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