Open AccessLip prints: The barcode of skeletal malocclusion
Author(s) -
Pradeep Raghav,
Naveen Kumar,
Shishir Shingh,
NK Ahuja,
Priyanka Ghalaut
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of forensic dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2137
pISSN - 0975-1475
DOI - 10.4103/0975-1475.119777
Subject(s) - malocclusion , dentistry , medicine , orthodontics , population , environmental health
In orthodontics, apart from essential diagnostic aids, there are so many soft tissue analyses in which lips are major part of concern. However, lip prints have never been used in orthodontics as diagnostic aid or forensic tool. Therefore, this study was designed to explore the possible association of lip prints with skeletal malocclusion.