Lip prints: Role in forensic odontology

• Main Authors: Janardhanam Dineshshankar (Author), Nalliappan Ganapathi (Author), Thukanaykanpalayam Ragunathan Yoithapprabhunath (Author), Thangadurai Maheswaran (Author), Muniapillai Siva Kumar (Author), Ravi Aravindhan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Identification plays a major role in any crime investigation. The pattern of wrinkles on the lips has individual characteristics like fingerprints. Cheiloscopy is a forensic investigation technique that deals with identification of humans based on lips traces. In the past decades, lip-print studies...