Is Palatal Rugae Pattern a Reliable Tool for Personal Identification following Orthodontic Treatment? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Archana A GuptaSupriya M KheurAbdulrahman AlshehriWael AwadhZeeshan Heera AhmedShaikh Mohammed Abdul FerozSameer Saeed KhanShazia MushtaqHarisha DewanZohaib Khurshid SultanSaranya VaradarajanGovindarajan SujathaVishnu Priya VeeraraghavanShankaragouda PatilPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
The accuracy of the visual matching, despite the significant dimensional changes, indicates that morphology could have potentially been the major matching factor. Thus, a combination of dimensional and morphological evaluation of the palatal rugae could potentially increase the accuracy of personal identification.
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