Open AccessAn Assessment of Correlation between Dermatoglyphic Patterns and Sagittal Skeletal Discrepancies
Author(s) -
Susha Miriam George
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/22688.9538
Subject(s) - sagittal plane , cephalogram , dermatoglyphics , whorl (mollusc) , medicine , orthodontics , dentistry , malocclusion , anatomy , biology , genetics , botany , overbite , genus
Investigators over years have been fascinated by dermatoglyphic patterns which has led to the development of dermatoglyphics as a science with numerous applications in various fields other than being the best and most widely used method for personal identification.