Identificación humana mediante huellas labiales en alumnos que asisten a la clínica UCSG semestre A-2019.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Lip prints are defined as the marks left by the lips and grooves of each individual, made up of soft tissues that are easily copied on some surface; analyzing it by studying cheiloscopy to recognize its individualizing characteristics present in each individual. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to propose human identification through lipprints at the UCSG clinic in Semester A- 2019. MATERIALS AND METHODS: It is a descriptive, analytical crosssectional study, with a universe of 43 students of 4th cycle who are in the Occlusion II Chair in the Dentistry career. The study was analyzed by gender, labial thickness, commissures and labial grooves by cheiloscopy and the Suzuki index. The results will be measurable through statistical data. RESULTS: 42 students were analyzed (19 to 30a); constituted by 67% women and 33% men. The most frequent labial thickness is type 3 in 43%; type 2 represented in 36%, and type 1 in 21%. The most frequent lip corners were type 1 in 67%, type 3 in 24%, and type 2 in 10%. Lip grooves was type 2 in 43%, type 3 in 31, type 1 in 19%; type 4 in 7%. Students with type 5 did not appear in the sample. Ethnicity of total frequency. CONCLUSION: Cheiloscopy analysis is a reliable and easy to reproduce method in a dental office; useful in cases of human identification, legal or forensic scope.