Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: April-March | Volume: 4 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 38-43
Morphological Patterns of Lip Prints in Aden- Yemeni Population
Dr Huda Abdulwadood Mohammed Omer
Associate Prof. in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Department. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences - Aden University, Yemen- Aden
ABSTRACT
The imprint produced by the lip is termed as “lip print”, cheiloscopy is a forensic investigation technique deals with identification of humans based on lips traces. Lip prints have a good potential for use in identification. They are unique and do not change during the life of a person, and invariable and permanent. The aim of this study was to determine the most common lip pattern found among Aden- Yemeni population.
Materials and Methods: Lip prints of 84 students Aden population, including (37 males and 47 females) 3 pair identical twins, red lip sticks, was applied and recorded on a plain white paper. Lip print has visualized with magnifying lens. After divided lip into six areas. Suzuki and Tsuchihashi’s classification has used to define the lip patterns and the data have statistically analyzed.
Result : Every individual has unique lip print, Type II (43.8%)appears to be the most predominant pattern in both males and female, In male, the order of appearance of patterns were Type II, followed by type III, type I, type I' ,type IV and V patterns. While in female Type II followed by type I, type III, type V, type IV and type I' patterns, no significant difference was observed between the lip print patterns of males and females in different lip areas.
Conclusion: Type II the most common lip pattern among Aden population and not related to sex determination.
Keywords: Cheiloscopy, lip print, forensic odontology, gender, Aden, Yemeni