Open AccessCheiloscopy: Revisited
Author(s) -
Rachana V Prabhu,
Ajit D Dinkar,
Vishnudas Prabhu,
Prasanna Kumar Rao
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of forensic dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2137
pISSN - 0975-1475
DOI - 10.4103/0975-1475.99167
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , identification (biology) , field (mathematics) , computer science , biology , mathematics , pure mathematics , programming language , botany
Identification plays a very important role in any crime investigation. Cheiloscopy helps in identifying the humans based on the lips' traces. The pattern of wrinkles on the lips has individual characteristics like fingerprints. A review of the literature reveals very little research done on lip prints so far. The present article reviews in detail the history, scope of cheiloscopy, and the use of lip prints in crime detection. It also highlights the current research carried out in the field of cheiloscopy. An effort has been made to help the researchers by reviewing in detail the various methods of classifying and analyzing the lip prints. It concludes by enlightening the readers with the fact that the possibilities to use the red part of lips to identify a human being are wider than it is commonly thought.