Open AccessPalatal rugae: An effective marker in population differentiation
Author(s) -
Rachna Rath,
Bernard Ajay Reginald
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of forensic dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2137
pISSN - 0975-1475
DOI - 10.4103/0975-1475.127771
Subject(s) - discriminant function analysis , population , biology , orthodontics , dentistry , medicine , mathematics , statistics , environmental health
The superiority of dentofacial structures as scientific identifiers, particularly in mass disasters is well known. Special techniques like rugoscopy are valuable not only in identification of skeletal remains but can also facilitate population differentiation, as few studies have shown.