Identification: A Comparison of Lip-Prints in Four Different Quadrants

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The challenges faced by man in early days to provide the identity of an individual. Identity means determination of distinctiveness of a person, which is very important in legal medicine and criminal investigation. Cheiloscopy is a forensic investigation that deals with the identification based on lip traces. The lip prints are individualistic like the finger prints and do not undergo alteration duringthe life of an individual. OBJECTIVE: + -Tocompare lip-print distribution among medical students quadrant wise. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 students at Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar over a span of six months from 15th June 2021 to 14th Dec 2021. Non- probability convenience sampling was adopted to enroll the sample. After following all ethical aspects, the study sample was collected using a specified protocol, wherein the lips were cleaned first,and then lip-stick was applied and finally was recorded on a white page. The page was distributed in four quadrants and in each quadrant separate type was identified and recorded. Data was extracted and analyzed using SPSS v.25.0; descriptive and advanced analysis was done where required. RESULTS: In a group of 200 students with equal male to female ratio and age range of 18 to 25 years, Type | was found to be the most prevalent strata in all the quadrants (395/800) 49.35%, followed by Type Il category, which was (217/800) 27.13%), and then followed by Type ' category with (95/800) 11.88%. Insimilar ways in bothet gehnde rs Type | was found more prevalent. CONCLUSION: The study concludedthat Type lip imprint was most common among medical students inall the quadrants of the lips.