Forensic dentistry is the handling, examination and evaluation of dental evidence in criminal justice cases. Palatoscopy or rugoscopy gaining importance forensic due to many reasons, most important being that rugae are well protected oral cavity by cheeks arches. Rugae found be individualistic just like dermatoglyphics. The third factor they easy record. This article deals with various classifi...

The practice of forensic odontology regularly requires the forensic dental expert to establish a degree of concordance between two objects, one or both of which have undergone minimal degrees of warping, shrinkage and distortion collectively described as deformations. These comparisons can be between the suspect's or victim's dentition and bite marks on inanimate objects/skin, two radiological ...

UNLABELLED This study analyzes the rugae pattern in dentulous and edentulous patients and also evaluates the association of rugae pattern between males and females. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate rugae patterns in dentulous and edentulous patients of both sexes in South Indian population and to find whether palatoscopy is a useful tool in human identification. MATERIALS ...

The purpose of the present study was to verify the effect of exogenous app li cation of Prostaglandi n E, (PGE I) in small dosage on Orthodontic tooth movement in routine orthodontic patients. Fifteen patients were se lected after explaining the experimenta l procedure and obtai ning the wr itten consent. All these patients requi red extract ion of first premolars for the correction of malocclu...

Myrmecina salmahae sp. n. is described and illustrated based on the worker caste from highland of Sumatra, Indonesia. This species easily separated other 16 recorded Sumatra by a combination following features worker: relatively large (HL 1.73−1.81 mm, HW 1.94−2.02 WL 2.18−2.36 mm); posterior margin head slightly concave; mesosoma in lateral view short stout, as long height, with dorsal outline...

Speech is essential to human activity, therefore phonetics must be considered with mechanics and esthetics as the cardinal factors contributing to the success of the dental prosthesis. The aim of this following procedure is to produce dentures that are mechanically functional, esthetically pleasing and permit normal speech.

Background and purpose: Transverse problems in the maxilla (high arched- narrow hard plates) can cause respiratory disorders. Palatal expansion can be helpful in this way. The present study aimed at evaluating the effect of bone borne expansion and tooth borne palatal expansion on airway volume. Materials and methods: A review study was performed by search in Google Scholar, Scopus, PubMed, Em...