Dermatoglyphics and Malocclusion-A Forensic Link
Meenu Taneja Bhasin
Santosh Dental College, Ghaziabad, U.P, India
Prashant Bhasin
Santosh Dental College, Ghaziabad, U.P, India
Ashish Singh
Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad, Haryana, India
Nidhi Bhatia
Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Santosh Dental College, Ghaziabad, U.P, India
Akhilesh H. Shewale *
Department of Periodontology, Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Natasha Gambhir
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Santosh Dental College, Ghaziabad, U.P, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Dermatoglyphics is known to be one of the best available diagnostic tools in genetic disorders. Dermatoglyphics refers to the study of epidermal ridges on the finger & palmer region 1 of the hand and sole. The finger prints are unique characteristic features of an individual and remain unchanged over lifetime. The dermatoglyphics patterns, have the same origin as that of the facial structures, as well develop concurrently. Thus, hereditary and environmental factors leading to malocclusions may also set off peculiarities in fingerprint patterns. This article aims to give brief insight of different aspects of dermatoglyphics studies highlighting is utility in diagnosing malocclusion and other developmental disturbances of the oro-facial structures.
Keywords: Dermatoglyphics, malocclusion, genetic disorder, finger prints