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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2013; 03(04): 074-077
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703706
Short Communication

CHELOSCOPY-A UNIQUE FORENSIC TOOL

Sharma S. M.
1   Professor & HOD, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018, India
,
Krishnan Shalini
2   Assistant Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018, India
,
Anchan Akshari
3   Junior resident, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018, India
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Abstract

Identity is a characteristic that is unique to every individual. It is an important factor in cases of theft, criminal investigations of the dead or missing, mass disasters both by natural causes and by criminal intent – with this as our day to day reality, the establishment and verification of human identity has become extremely important. DNA and fingerprints are clearly the favored methods of identification, but, they require a prior record and verifiable baseline for comparison. When these tools cannot be used it is necessary to employ those biological factors with higher variation and lower diagnostic probability. Chelioscopy is one among them.

Keywords

Cheilioscopy - forensic odontology - lip prints


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Article published online:
26 April 2020

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