Evaluation of the Utility of Cheiloscopy, Rugoscopy, Dactyloscopy and Odonto-Morphometry for Human Identification and Gender Determination in an Eastern Indian Population: An Observational Study

Sagar, Snigdha; Bhuyan, Sanat Kumar; Misra, Satya Ranjan

doi:10.5958/0973-9130.2019.00596.6

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“…Eleven studies received a medium risk of bias, mostly for using the modified S&T classification. Four articles were classified as high-risk, one of them due to the lack of description of the methodology employed [ 29 ] and the others for the use of a classification developed by the authors themselves or by others [ 26 , 27 , 30 ]. Regarding domain 5, intra-rater reliability was assessed in five studies.…”

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“…A low risk of bias was assigned to 19 studies because they presented the results explicitly and with the required values. In domain 9, only three articles did not answer the proposed objectives, which conditioned the classification as high risk [ 7 , 26 , 29 ]. Still, most of the studies achieved a good rating in this domain.…”

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“…Another factor that may have influenced the results is the use of a sample consisting of several population groups [ 29 , 45 , 53 ]. In the study by Peeran et al, for example, the inability to differentiate the various ancestral patterns among the sampled population is even presented by the authors as the main limitation.…”

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Cheiloscopy in sex estimation: a systematic review

Chaves

Azevedo

Caldas

2023

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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This study aimed to conduct a systematic review to gather evidence to clarify if cheiloscopy can be used in sex estimation and identify the reasons behind the lack of consensus in the scientific community. The systematic review was performed following the PRISMA guidelines. A bibliographic survey was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases, restricted to articles published between 2010 and 2020. Studies were selected according to eligibility criteria, and then the study data were collected. The risk of bias in each study was assessed and applied as additional inclusion or exclusion criteria. The results of the articles eligible for analysis were synthesized using a descriptive approach. In the 41 included studies, several methodological flaws and variations between studies that contribute to the discrepancy in results were identified. The data gathered allowed us to conclude that there is no strong scientific evidence to support the use of cheiloscopy in sex estimation, as there is no specific pattern for each sex, which reduces the criminalistic interest of cheiloscopy in estimating this parameter.

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Cheiloscopy in sex estimation: a systematic review

Chaves

Azevedo

Caldas

2023

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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“…Any sample size calculator results used were vague or non-existent; most of the samples were convenient and not representative of the population. Only five studies used a sample size calculator [35,45,55,76,77]. As lip print analysis is morphological in nature, it is by definition subjective and dependent on the experience of the researcher, thus the intra and interobserver variability should be tested.…”

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“…Most of the studies were conducted in India, and among European countries only Romanian [68], Polish [88], Portuguese [4], and Croatian [9] (including this study) population samples were analyzed. Only five studies [35,45,55,76,77] used a sample size calculator during the study preparation, one of which did not calculate the whole population size but only the chosen subpopulation (hospital) population sample size [35]. Two of the studies had no inclusion or exclusion criteria [31,39]; for the others, the exclusion criteria varied, but most were concentrated on the lack of deformities and illness that could affect the lip grooves.…”

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Sex estimation by the patterns of lip impressions (cheiloscopy)

Paušić

Ekštajn

Brkić

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Aim: To determine whether there is sexual dimorphism of lip prints’ morphological features in the Croatian population and to provide a scoping review for the accuracy of sex estimation on lip prints. Methods: The study on the Croatian population included 88 male and 88 female (median age 25, range 18 - 50) participants. Lip prints were analyzed by quadrant, and then the predominant pattern on the entire lip was observed. A systematic search of the relevant bibliographical databases was conducted, including Medline, Scopus, Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC), and Cinahl (October 23rd, 2020). OpenGrey, Open Science Framework, and Science.gov databases were searched for grey literature. Findings were reported in the narrative form in accordance with the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist. A total of 80 studies were included. Results: The study of sexual dimorphism of lip prints in the Croatian population showed that there were no statistically significant differences between males and females; and when all quadrants were considered together (χ2 = 3.625, P = 0.459), sex could be estimated for only 55.7% of persons. Twenty-nine studies (36.3%) did not find differences between males and females, and 34 (42.5%) found sexual dimorphism only in some of the lip parts and some quadrants. The assessment of examined studies showed that only six studies met all quality criteria. Conclusion: There is no forensically significant sexual dimorphism in lip prints in the Croatian population. The scoping review showed that sex estimation using lip prints should not be used as evidence in court as the present methodology is not reliable and the potential rate of error is unknown.

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