AN UPDATED REVIEW ON CHEILOSCOPY
Alka Joseph, Linta Susan Kuriakose, Muneera Ismail*, Jiju V, Santhosh M Mathews
ABSTRACT
Cheiloscopy, the study of lip prints, is an upcoming tool for the identification of persons. The lip print of every person is unique and can be used to fix personal identity. Human identification is one of the most challenging subjects that man has been confronted with. It is a universal process based on scientific principles. The concept of „identity‟ is a set of physical characteristics, functional or psychic, normal or pathological - that defines an individual. In forensic identification, lip print patterns can lead us to important information and help in person's identification. The grooves present on the human lips (sulci labiorum) are unique to each person and can be used to determine identity. The study of these grooves or furrows present at the zone of transition of outer skin and inner labial mucosa is known as cheiloscopy. This is considered unique to an individual and analogous to fingerprinting.
Keywords: cheiloscopy, lip prints, sex determination, personal identification.
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