Palatal rugae patterns as an adjunct in gender identification

Shivendra Choudhary,Kunal Kumar,Neal Bharat Kedia,Abhinav Kumar Singh,Revati Singh

doi:10.18231/j.ijohd.2019.044

Abstract

Palatal rugae pattern of an individual may be considered as a practical adjunct for gender determination in identification of an individual for forensic medicine. Palatal rugae possess distinct traits of an ideal forensic parameter like uniqueness, postmortem resistance, and stability. The present study describes sexual dimorphism using palatal rugae pattern. A total number of 200 subjects in the age range of 17 to 25 years were studied with the help of study casts for palatal rugae pattern. Sexual dimorphism was assessed using statistical analysis. The p-value was calculated using Chi- square test. Results showed prominent converging rugae pattern in females as compared to males which showed prominence of curved rugae pattern. Keywords: Dimorphism, Forensic, Palatal rugae.

Highlights

Establishment of identity of anonymous individual is the main aim of forensic medicine, which supplement the law enforcement agencies.[1]
The study of palatal rugae pattern for human identification referred as Rugoscopy.[4]
The present study was ventured to explore the role of palatal rugae pattern in sexual dimorphism which can be used as an adjunct with other parameters for person identification in forensic medicine

Summary

Introduction

Establishment of identity of anonymous individual is the main aim of forensic medicine, which supplement the law enforcement agencies.[1]. The stability and uniqueness of the palatal rugae pattern, it has been considered as one of the relevant parameters for human identification in the field of forensic medicine. The study of palatal rugae pattern for human identification referred as Rugoscopy.[4] The pattern of palatine rugae exhibits gender variations[5] and careful study of these can enable reliable determination of unknown person in life, when other preferred predictors are destroyed or fragmented.

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