Relevance of dermatoglyphics in dentistry

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Monika Kumari., Rajan S.Y., Barnanshu Pattnaik and Shrikant Surendra Sharma

Fingerprints are known to be unique and unalterable, and hence an excellent tool for population studies, personal identification, morphological and genetic research. Dermatoglyphics, the study of surface markings of the skin, especially feet and hands, has been the subject of interest in medical genetics. Different diseases have different fingerprint patterns associated with them. This has been verified in thousands of independent studies. Dermatoglyphics has a significant relationship with oral diseases. Dermatoglyphics has moved from obscurity to acceptability as a diagnostic tool.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2018.15029.2742
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