title: Latent lip print development and its role in suspect identification.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aims to develop latent lip prints on glass surface using fingerprint black powder and its comparison with standard lipstick prints and also determines the effectiveness of the technique.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study included a total of 100 subjects, comprising of 50 males and 50 females with age ranging from 17 to 38 years. Latent lipprint was developed by pressing the lips against a glass slab with lips together and the print formed was developed by sprinkling the black finger print powder and transferred to a bond sheet. Subsequently, standard lipstick print was developed from the same subject. All the samples were coded and graded according to the patterns suggested in the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 100 latent prints only 29 prints showed lip patterns in all four quadrants. The percentage matching with self lipstick print of good latent prints ranged from 25% to 100% and those of random prints ranged from 8% to 92%. Quadrant wise matching ranged from 52.67% to 57.67%. Statistically significant difference was observed between males and females.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study demonstrates the usefulness of latent lip print in personal identification.
authors: Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Saraswati Dental College and Hospital, Lucknow, U.P., India.
authors: Nidhi
authors: N
authors: Dwivedi
authors: Akhil
authors: A
authors: Agarwal
authors: Bina
authors: B
authors: Kashyap
authors: Vineet
authors: V
authors: Raj
authors: Shaleen
authors: S
authors: Chandra
keywords: Cheiloscopy; fingerprint powder; latent lip print; lipstick print
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