Dermatoglyphics: A prediction tool for dental caries

  • Authors

    • Smitha Sammith Shetty Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal University, Karnataka, India
    • Abigail Renee Johnli Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka Manipal Medical College. Manipal University, Karnataka, India
    • Nur Fatihah Binti Mohd Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka Manipal Medical College. Manipal University, Karnataka, India
    • Siti Nabila Adilah Binti Md Nor Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka Manipal Medical College. Manipal University, Karnataka, India
    • Amirah Binti Haron Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka Manipal Medical College. Manipal University, Karnataka, India
    • Lavinia a/p Gunasegaram Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka Manipal Medical College. Manipal University, Karnataka, India
    • Muhammad Nur Taufiq Bin Mustafa Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka Manipal Medical College. Manipal University, Karnataka, India
    • Nor Hafizah Ain Binti Mohd Zakaria Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka Manipal Medical College. Manipal University, Karnataka, India
    2016-07-31
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijdr.v4i2.6394
  • Caries, Dental, Fingerprints, Genetics

  • Background: Dermatoglyphics has been used as a powerful tool in diagnosis of physiological, medical or genetic conditions. Hence its role in predicting the dental caries which is a multifactorial disease with genetic influence has to be investigated.

    Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the role of dermatoglyphics in predicting the susceptibility of individuals to develop dental caries.

    Material and methods: The study included 200 students of MMMC Manipal. Dental caries pattern was recorded using the DMFT index. The impression of thumb ridge pattern was recorded using duplicating inkpads.

    Results: The male subjects showed maximum of loop pattern with 53.6% and 71% in right and left thumb respectively. The female subjects also showed the maximum of loop pattern with 54.2% both in right and left thumb. Subjects who had arch type of pattern on right thumb (66.7%) and left thumb (57.1%) were found to be caries free compared to loop and whorl pattern. Subjects with whorl pattern on the left thumb (34.2%) and right (34.9%) had DMFT > 3 compared to loop and arch.

    Conclusion: Dermatoglyphics serve to strengthen the diagnostic impression of the disease from an early age and hence preventive oral health measures can be considered.

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    Shetty, S. S., Johnli, A. R., Mohd, N. F. B., Md Nor, S. N. A. B., Haron, A. B., a/p Gunasegaram, L., Bin Mustafa, M. N. T., & Mohd Zakaria, N. H. A. B. (2016). Dermatoglyphics: A prediction tool for dental caries. International Journal of Dental Research, 4(2), 30-32. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijdr.v4i2.6394