Prevalence of different palatal rugae patterns in a sample Lucknow population
Introduction: Palatoscopy is the study of palatal rugae pattern and it can be used to establish the identity of a person. The rugae are unique internal structures protected by the lips, buccal pad of fat and teeth that resist decomposition, thus serving ...
Mohammed Asdullah +5 more
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Palatal rugae patterns in the Serbian population
Establishing the gender of a dead person is one of the main aspects in forensic medicine, especially in cases of massive disasters. Palatal rugae have been related with specific racial groups and are said to be useful in sex determination. One hundred pre-orthodontic plaster casts, equally distributed between males and females with an age ...
Filipović Gordana +5 more
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Establishing the reliability of incisive papilla and palatal rugae patterns in individual identification. [PDF]
Satelur KP +3 more
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Palatal Rugae as a Discriminating Factor in Determining Sex: A New Method Applicable in Forensic Odontology? [PDF]
Trizzino A +5 more
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Background: Palatal rugae are asymmetrical elevations present on hard palate and are significant due to their uniqueness, stability and thus, aid in forensic identification.
Aishwarya Bhatnagar +5 more
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A Morphometric Analysis of Palatal Rugae Patterns in a Saudi Arabian Population. [PDF]
Alshammari A +7 more
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An Association of Morphological Characteristics of Palatal Rugae and Dental Malocclusion in an Adult Indian Population: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
Thoke B +6 more
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Novel method to delineate palatal rugae and assess their complexity using fractal analysis. [PDF]
Makrygiannakis MA +3 more
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The Posterior Extension of the Palatal Rugae as an Anatomical Constraint for Soft Tissue Grafts in a Saudi Arabian Population. [PDF]
Alshammari A +7 more
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Is the palatal rugae pattern as unique as a fingerprint?
Determining an individual's identity can be a difficult task in cases of traffic accidents, mass disasters, wars, natural disasters, etc. The information collected from victims for accurate identification must be precise and include all objective findings.
Batinjan, Goran, Vodanović, Marin
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