Title
Linking growth pattern with Lipprints and fingerprints
Authors
E.R Akshay, Manjunath Hegde*, C. Chaitra, Vinaya S Pai & Mrunmayee Gholap
Affiliation
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; *Corresponding author
E.R Akshay - E-mail: akshay.orca@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9496037531
Manjunath Hegde - E-mail: 21.hegde@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9902878407
C. Chaitra - E-mail: drchaitracortho@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9739862889
Vinaya S Pai - E-mail: shruthipai71@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9844198098
Mrunmayee Gholap - E-mail: mrunmayee.gholap@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9901831944
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026
Abstract
Lips have a significant role in aesthetic as well as identification purpose and needs to be taken into account for human identification. Therefore, it is of interest to establish a correlation between cheiloscopic patterns (Lip print), dermatoglyphic patterns (Fingerprint) and different growth patterns. The cheiloscopic pattern was obtained using a dark colored lip stick and transparent adhesive tape. Suzuki and Tsuchihashi’s classification was used to classify the cheiloscopic patterns. Finger prints were recorded using inkless stamp pads onto white sheets and.There was a statistical significance only between loop pattern of fingerprints in females who had horizontal growth pattern (p= 0.04). Thus, we show that the dermatoglyphic pattern, cheiloscopic pattern and growth pattern are not correlated with each other.
Keywords
Cheiloscopic; lip print; dermatoglyphic; fingerprint; growth pattern; Jarabak, Galton; Suzuki
Citation
Akshay et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 2348-2352 (2026)
Edited by
Neelam Goyal & Shruti Dabi
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
