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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 95-107 |
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Can dermatoglyphics predict dental caries? A review
Shreyasi Roy, Jaydip Sen
Department of Anthropology, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Shreyasi Roy
Department of Anthropology, University of North Bengal, NBU Campus, Raja Rammohunpur, Darjeeling - 734 013, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijhas.IJHAS_173_20
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Dermatoglyphics is the study of epidermal ridges present on the palm, sole, fingers, and toes. Apart from judicial and legal investigations, it has also proved to be valuable in the diagnosis of many diseases, especially of genetic origin. The etiology of dental caries proves to be multifactorial. Although it is thought to be of microbial origin, several researches have proved it to have genetic predisposition. This has urged many researchers to use dermatoglyphics as a tool for screening dental caries. However, there exist a limited number of studies that have attempted to evaluate the association of dermatoglyphics with dental caries. The aim of the present review is to systematically identify, review and appraise available literature that evaluated an association of different dermatoglyphic variables with dental caries. In-depth screening of the titles, abstracts, and full papers yielded 48 studies pertaining to this issue. From the selected studies, we inferred that the presence of higher number of whorls and lesser number of loop patterns can predict the susceptibility of dental caries among the participants.
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