Cargando…

A comparative evaluation of dermatoglyphics in different classes of malocclusion

AIM: To study associations of dermatoglyphic features with malocclusion in Indian children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 237 children aged 12–16 years, who attended our outpatient clinic in a government medical college, were selected. Finger and palm prints were collected, and fingertip pattern...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jindal, Garima, Pandey, Ramesh Kumar, Gupta, Sameer, Sandhu, Meera
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4459115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26082575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sdentj.2014.11.012
_version_ 1782375175022444544
author Jindal, Garima
Pandey, Ramesh Kumar
Gupta, Sameer
Sandhu, Meera
author_facet Jindal, Garima
Pandey, Ramesh Kumar
Gupta, Sameer
Sandhu, Meera
author_sort Jindal, Garima
collection PubMed
description AIM: To study associations of dermatoglyphic features with malocclusion in Indian children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 237 children aged 12–16 years, who attended our outpatient clinic in a government medical college, were selected. Finger and palm prints were collected, and fingertip pattern frequencies, total ridge counts (TRCs), and atd angles (formed by the triradii below the first and last digits and that in the hypothenar region of the palm) were calculated. These parameters were analyzed with their Angle’s class of malocclusion using appropriate statistical tests. Dermatoglyphic parameters were examined and asymmetry analysis was conducted in subjects with different occlusion patterns. RESULTS: Although no fingerprint pattern was found to be specific for a particular class of occlusion, increased tendencies toward high frequencies of whorls in subjects with class II malocclusion and plain arches in those with class III malocclusion were observed. Significant differences in atd angle and TRC were observed among malocclusion types (p = 0.0001). Asymmetry scores did not differ significantly. CONCLUSION: Dermatoglyphic analysis can be used as an indicator of malocclusion at an early age, thereby aiding the development of treatments aiming to establish favorable occlusion. Inheritance and twin studies, as well as those conducted in different ethnic groups, are required to examine these relationships further.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4459115
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher Elsevier
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-44591152015-06-16 A comparative evaluation of dermatoglyphics in different classes of malocclusion Jindal, Garima Pandey, Ramesh Kumar Gupta, Sameer Sandhu, Meera Saudi Dent J Original Article AIM: To study associations of dermatoglyphic features with malocclusion in Indian children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 237 children aged 12–16 years, who attended our outpatient clinic in a government medical college, were selected. Finger and palm prints were collected, and fingertip pattern frequencies, total ridge counts (TRCs), and atd angles (formed by the triradii below the first and last digits and that in the hypothenar region of the palm) were calculated. These parameters were analyzed with their Angle’s class of malocclusion using appropriate statistical tests. Dermatoglyphic parameters were examined and asymmetry analysis was conducted in subjects with different occlusion patterns. RESULTS: Although no fingerprint pattern was found to be specific for a particular class of occlusion, increased tendencies toward high frequencies of whorls in subjects with class II malocclusion and plain arches in those with class III malocclusion were observed. Significant differences in atd angle and TRC were observed among malocclusion types (p = 0.0001). Asymmetry scores did not differ significantly. CONCLUSION: Dermatoglyphic analysis can be used as an indicator of malocclusion at an early age, thereby aiding the development of treatments aiming to establish favorable occlusion. Inheritance and twin studies, as well as those conducted in different ethnic groups, are required to examine these relationships further. Elsevier 2015-04 2015-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4459115/ /pubmed/26082575 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sdentj.2014.11.012 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Original Article
Jindal, Garima
Pandey, Ramesh Kumar
Gupta, Sameer
Sandhu, Meera
A comparative evaluation of dermatoglyphics in different classes of malocclusion
title A comparative evaluation of dermatoglyphics in different classes of malocclusion
title_full A comparative evaluation of dermatoglyphics in different classes of malocclusion
title_fullStr A comparative evaluation of dermatoglyphics in different classes of malocclusion
title_full_unstemmed A comparative evaluation of dermatoglyphics in different classes of malocclusion
title_short A comparative evaluation of dermatoglyphics in different classes of malocclusion
title_sort comparative evaluation of dermatoglyphics in different classes of malocclusion
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4459115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26082575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sdentj.2014.11.012
work_keys_str_mv AT jindalgarima acomparativeevaluationofdermatoglyphicsindifferentclassesofmalocclusion
AT pandeyrameshkumar acomparativeevaluationofdermatoglyphicsindifferentclassesofmalocclusion
AT guptasameer acomparativeevaluationofdermatoglyphicsindifferentclassesofmalocclusion
AT sandhumeera acomparativeevaluationofdermatoglyphicsindifferentclassesofmalocclusion
AT jindalgarima comparativeevaluationofdermatoglyphicsindifferentclassesofmalocclusion
AT pandeyrameshkumar comparativeevaluationofdermatoglyphicsindifferentclassesofmalocclusion
AT guptasameer comparativeevaluationofdermatoglyphicsindifferentclassesofmalocclusion
AT sandhumeera comparativeevaluationofdermatoglyphicsindifferentclassesofmalocclusion