Oral Medicine and Radiology, Nitte Deemed to be University, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, 575018, India.
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Nitte Deemed to be University, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, 575018, India.
F1000Res. 2023 Apr 3;12:37. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.127895.2. eCollection 2023.
Dermatoglyphics is the study of various dermal configurations on the fingers, palms, and soles. These appear during the 12th week of intrauterine life and develop completely by the 24th week. It is said that they remain constant thereafter. The aim of the present study was to compare and assess the association of dermatoglyphic patterns between skeletal class I and skeletal class III malocclusion. Finger and palm prints were collected using the ink and roller method from 604 subjects who were divided into skeletal class I, class III with maxillary retrognathism and class III with mandibular prognathism based on lateral cephalogram assessment. Loop pattern was more predominant in skeletal class I malocclusion subjects and whorl pattern was more frequent in the other two groups. Total finger ridge count and atd angle also showed significant difference between the study groups. The present study attempted in assessing the association between dermatoglyphic patterns and skeletal malocclusion. Analysing dermal configurations may aid in indicating the type of developing malocclusion and thus help in interceptive and preventive orthodontics.
指纹学是研究手指、手掌和脚底各种皮肤纹理结构的科学。这些纹理结构在宫内生活的第 12 周出现,并在第 24 周完全发育。据说此后它们保持不变。本研究旨在比较和评估骨骼 I 类和骨骼 III 类错颌畸形的指纹模式之间的关联。 我们使用油墨和滚轮方法从 604 名受试者中收集指纹和掌纹,这些受试者根据侧颅面评估分为骨骼 I 类、上颌后缩性骨骼 III 类和下颌前突性骨骼 III 类。 环型在骨骼 I 类错颌畸形受试者中更为常见,而斗型在其他两组中更为常见。总指嵴计数和 atd 角在研究组之间也有显著差异。 本研究试图评估指纹模式与骨骼错颌畸形之间的关联。分析皮肤纹理结构可以帮助指示正在发育的错颌畸形的类型,从而有助于进行阻断性和预防性正畸。