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<record><TEI><teiHeader><fileDesc><titleStmt><title xml:lang="en">Rugae pattern in a sample of population of Meerut - An institutional study</title><author><name sortKey="Bhagwath, S" sort="Bhagwath, S" uniqKey="Bhagwath S" first="S." last="Bhagwath">S. Bhagwath</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff1"></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Chandra, L" sort="Chandra, L" uniqKey="Chandra L" first="L." last="Chandra">L. Chandra</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff2"><italic>Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kalka Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India</italic></nlm:aff></affiliation></author></titleStmt><publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">PMC</idno><idno type="pmid">25125920</idno><idno type="pmc">4130014</idno><idno type="url">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4130014</idno><idno type="RBID">PMC:4130014</idno><idno type="doi">10.4103/0975-1475.132542</idno><date when="2014">2014</date><idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Corpus">000647</idno><idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="PMC">000647</idno></publicationStmt><sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title xml:lang="en" level="a" type="main">Rugae pattern in a sample of population of Meerut - An institutional study</title><author><name sortKey="Bhagwath, S" sort="Bhagwath, S" uniqKey="Bhagwath S" first="S." last="Bhagwath">S. Bhagwath</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff1"></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Chandra, L" sort="Chandra, L" uniqKey="Chandra L" first="L." last="Chandra">L. Chandra</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff2"><italic>Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kalka Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India</italic></nlm:aff></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences</title><idno type="ISSN">0975-1475</idno><idno type="eISSN">0975-2137</idno><imprint><date when="2014">2014</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><sec id="st1"><title>Context:</title><p>Many studies on rugae pattern have been done on various samples of population, but no study has so far been done to assess the rugae pattern of population of western Uttar radesh, especially Meerut.</p></sec><sec id="st2"><title>Aims:</title><p>This study was aimed to assess the rugae pattern in males and females of a sample of population of Meerut, which may be an additional method of determining gender when dealing with any crime or with mutilated bodies that have undergone damage beyond recognition.</p></sec><sec id="st3"><title>Settings and Design:</title><p>A total of 100 Class I dentulous subjects, 50 male and 50 female patients reporting to the outpatient department of Kalka Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh were randomly selected with an age range between 20-30 years. Exclusion criteria were subjects >14 years of age, congenital malformations, previous orthognathic surgery, allergy to impression material, bony and soft tissue protuberances, active lesions, deformity or scars and trauma of the palate. Prior approval from the Institutional Ethical Committee was taken.</p></sec><sec id="st4"><title>Subjects and Methods:</title><p>Alginate impressions of palate of selected patients were poured in dental stone and rugae pattern was identified and analyzed by a single rater employing Thomas and Kotze's (1983) method.</p></sec><sec id="st5"><title>Statistical analysis used:</title><p>Two-sample <italic>t</italic>-test and Chi-Square tests were used for comparison of means and relationship between the attributes. A significance level of 5% was considered as critical value.</p></sec><sec id="st6"><title>Results:</title><p>No significant difference was noted in total number or length of rugae between the genders. However, statistically significant difference in the circular type in males and converge type in females was observed.</p></sec><sec id="st7"><title>Conclusion:</title><p>Rugae pattern can be used as a method of differentiation between males and females to corroborate the findings of other methods such as anthropometric evaluation of the cranium and dental characteristics.</p></sec></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Lysell, L" uniqKey="Lysell L">L Lysell</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Almeida, Ma" uniqKey="Almeida M">MA Almeida</name></author><author><name sortKey="Phillips, C" uniqKey="Phillips C">C Phillips</name></author><author><name sortKey="Kula, K" uniqKey="Kula K">K Kula</name></author><author><name sortKey="Tulloch, C" uniqKey="Tulloch C">C Tulloch</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Forensic Dent Sci</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">J Forensic Dent Sci</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JFDS</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">0975-1475</issn><issn pub-type="epub">0975-2137</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd</publisher-name><publisher-loc>India</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">25125920</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">4130014</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">JFDS-6-122</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4103/0975-1475.132542</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Original Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Rugae pattern in a sample of population of Meerut - An institutional study</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bhagwath</surname><given-names>S.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chandra</surname><given-names>L.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">1</xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><italic>Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Subharti Dental College, Uttar Pradesh, India</italic></aff><aff id="aff2"><label>1</label><italic>Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kalka Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India</italic></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1"><bold>Address for correspondence:</bold><italic> Dr. Sundeep Bhagwath, Subharti Dental College, NH-58, Meerut - 250 005, Uttar Pradesh, India. E-mail: <email xlink:href="sanvada@gmail.com">sanvada@gmail.com</email></italic></corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><season>May-Aug</season><year>2014</year></pub-date><volume>6</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>122</fpage><lpage>125</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright: © Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><sec id="st1"><title>Context:</title><p>Many studies on rugae pattern have been done on various samples of population, but no study has so far been done to assess the rugae pattern of population of western Uttar radesh, especially Meerut.</p></sec><sec id="st2"><title>Aims:</title><p>This study was aimed to assess the rugae pattern in males and females of a sample of population of Meerut, which may be an additional method of determining gender when dealing with any crime or with mutilated bodies that have undergone damage beyond recognition.</p></sec><sec id="st3"><title>Settings and Design:</title><p>A total of 100 Class I dentulous subjects, 50 male and 50 female patients reporting to the outpatient department of Kalka Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh were randomly selected with an age range between 20-30 years. Exclusion criteria were subjects >14 years of age, congenital malformations, previous orthognathic surgery, allergy to impression material, bony and soft tissue protuberances, active lesions, deformity or scars and trauma of the palate. Prior approval from the Institutional Ethical Committee was taken.</p></sec><sec id="st4"><title>Subjects and Methods:</title><p>Alginate impressions of palate of selected patients were poured in dental stone and rugae pattern was identified and analyzed by a single rater employing Thomas and Kotze's (1983) method.</p></sec><sec id="st5"><title>Statistical analysis used:</title><p>Two-sample <italic>t</italic>-test and Chi-Square tests were used for comparison of means and relationship between the attributes. A significance level of 5% was considered as critical value.</p></sec><sec id="st6"><title>Results:</title><p>No significant difference was noted in total number or length of rugae between the genders. However, statistically significant difference in the circular type in males and converge type in females was observed.</p></sec><sec id="st7"><title>Conclusion:</title><p>Rugae pattern can be used as a method of differentiation between males and females to corroborate the findings of other methods such as anthropometric evaluation of the cranium and dental characteristics.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Forensic identification</kwd><kwd>palatine rugae</kwd><kwd>rugae pattern</kwd><kwd>rugae</kwd><kwd>rugoscopy</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec sec-type="intro" id="sec1-1"><title>Introduction</title><p>Rugae are defined, according to Glossary of Prosthodontics Terms,[<xref rid="ref1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref>] as anatomical folds or wrinkles; the irregular ridges of folds of fibrous connective tissue located on the anterior third of the palate behind the incisive papilla. Rugae patterns have been studied for various purposes primarily in the fields of comparative anatomy, anthropology, genetics, orthodontics and prosthodontics.[<xref rid="ref2" ref-type="bibr">2</xref><xref rid="ref3" ref-type="bibr">3</xref>] In forensic medicine, the chief methods of identification are fingerprints, DNA comparison and dental characteristics. Many times, one or all of these methods may not be totally effective or conclusive in establishing identity[<xref rid="ref4" ref-type="bibr">4</xref>] especially where human identification methods are compromised as in cases of severe burns, accidents etc., Many victims of serious crimes and those of aircraft accidents[<xref rid="ref5" ref-type="bibr">5</xref><xref rid="ref6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref>] have been identified by their dentition.[<xref rid="ref7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref><xref rid="ref8" ref-type="bibr">8</xref>] Here palatal rugoscopy can be used as a necro identification technique.[<xref rid="ref9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref>] Rugae are protected from trauma by their internal position in the head and are insulated from heat by the tongue and the buccal pads of fat.[<xref rid="ref10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>] Studies have demonstrated that no two palates are alike in their configuration[<xref rid="ref11" ref-type="bibr">11</xref>] and that the characteristic pattern of the palate does not change as a result of growth.[<xref rid="ref12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>] Even amongst the twins, studies have indicated that the patterns are similar but not identical.[<xref rid="ref13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>] Differences between genders using study of rugae pattern have been studied without any conclusions till now.[<xref rid="ref9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref>] The aim of this article is to study the rugae pattern in a sample of male and female population of Meerut, and to compare the patterns between the two groups, which may be an additional method of determining gender.</p></sec><sec sec-type="methods" id="sec1-2"><title>Subjects and Methods</title><p>Subjects for this study were randomly selected from the outpatient's department of Kalka Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. For the purpose of this study a total of 100 Class I dentulous subjects, 50 males and 50 females were selected after determining the sample size by performing power analysis in G*Power 3, a software package for power analyses. The ages of the subjects were between 20-30 years with a mean of 24 years. A prior approval from the Institutional Ethical Committee was taken. The exclusion criteria were subjects below the age of 14 years, congenital malformations, previous orthognathic surgery, allergy to impression material, bony and soft tissue protuberances, active lesions, deformity or scars and trauma of the palate. After obtaining informed consent, alginate impression of maxillary arch was made and the study models were prepared in dental stone for interpretation. The rugae were highlighted using a black permanent marker [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1</xref>] and recorded by one rater according to the classification given by Thomas and Kotze[<xref rid="ref14" ref-type="bibr">14</xref>] as it was found to be the most practical and easiest to apply compared with other methods such as those of Houser <italic>et al.</italic>,[<xref rid="ref15" ref-type="bibr">15</xref>] and of Reuer.[<xref rid="ref16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>] Thomas and Kotze classification system includes number, length, shape and unification of rugae. The shapes are classified into curved, wavy, straight and circular [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>]. Fragmented rugae are those which have length less than 5 mm. Straight types run directly from their origin to insertion [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>]. The curved type has a simple crescent shape with a gentle curve [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>]. Wavy rugae are serpentine in shape [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>] and rugae that showed definite continuous ring formation were classified as circular [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>]. Additionally, non-specific rugae pattern was observed, which did not fall in any of the mentioned classes. Unification is divided into converge when two rugae originate away from the center and unite towards it [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>] whereas diverge ones are those rugae which originate from the center and diverge away from it [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>]. All the identification and measurements were done by one examiner and the readings were repeated three times for each cast. A percent agreement of 87% was obtained during the recording of readings. In this study, the fragmented type of rugae of a size less than 5mm was ignored, when the mean value of the total number of rugae was calculated. The fragmented types were studied separately for a comparative study purpose between males and females.</p><fig id="F1" position="float"><label>Figure 1</label><caption><p>Sketch depicting classification of palatal rugae based on Thomas and Kotze's system</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JFDS-6-122-g001"></graphic></fig><fig id="F2" position="float"><label>Figure 2</label><caption><p>Cast shwoing the tracing of pattern of palatine rugae</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JFDS-6-122-g002"></graphic></fig><p>Two-sample <italic>t</italic>-test and Chi-Square tests were used for comparison of means and relationship between the attributes. A significance level of 5% was considered as critical value.</p></sec><sec sec-type="results" id="sec1-3"><title>Results</title><p>The total number of rugae and the mean value for males and females is illustrated in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>. The distribution of different types of rugae in males and females were statistically analyzed and illustrated in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>. There was a statistically significant difference in the converge pattern of rugae which was found to be higher among females than males (<italic>P</italic> < 0.05). There was also a statistically significant difference in the circular pattern of rugae which was higher in males than females (<italic>P</italic> < 0.05). Distribution of the length of rugae was noted and statistically analyzed [Tables <xref ref-type="table" rid="T3">3</xref> and <xref ref-type="table" rid="T4">4</xref>]. The Chi-square and <italic>t</italic>-tests showed no significant difference between the genders.</p><table-wrap id="T1" position="float"><label>Table 1</label><caption><p>Mean and standard deviation of total number of rugae in males and females</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JFDS-6-122-g003"></graphic></table-wrap><table-wrap id="T2" position="float"><label>Table 2</label><caption><p>Statistical analysis of % of different types of rugae in males and femals</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JFDS-6-122-g004"></graphic></table-wrap><table-wrap id="T3" position="float"><label>Table 3</label><caption><p>Distribution of the length of rugae in males and females</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JFDS-6-122-g005"></graphic></table-wrap><table-wrap id="T4" position="float"><label>Table 4</label><caption><p>Comparison of difference in the length of rugae (mm) between males and females</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JFDS-6-122-g006"></graphic></table-wrap></sec><sec sec-type="discussion" id="sec1-4"><title>Discussion</title><p>Palatoscopy or palatal rugoscopy has its origin in 1932, and its discovery is credited to Troban Hermaso, a Spanish investigator.[<xref rid="ref17" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>] Palatal rugoscopy is the study of palatal rugae in order to establish a person's identity.[<xref rid="ref2" ref-type="bibr">2</xref><xref rid="ref18" ref-type="bibr">18</xref>] The anatomical position of the rugae in the mouth remains unchanged in its position throughout life, withstands disease, chemical aggression and trauma. It is stable and resists decomposition for up to seven days after death.[<xref rid="ref19" ref-type="bibr">19</xref><xref rid="ref20" ref-type="bibr">20</xref>] Rugoscopy is an auxiliary method to identify humans used when other identification methods commonly used are unviable, like in the case of carbonized bodies.[<xref rid="ref20" ref-type="bibr">20</xref>] In such instances, palatal rugae are the more preferred means of identification because of their low cost of utilization, ease of use, and reliability of method. They are sufficiently characteristic to discriminate between individuals because no two palates are alike in their configuration. This finding has been substantiated by results obtained in similar studies conducted earlier.[<xref rid="ref9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref><xref rid="ref10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref><xref rid="ref11" ref-type="bibr">11</xref><xref rid="ref19" ref-type="bibr">19</xref><xref rid="ref25" ref-type="bibr">25</xref>]</p><p>In the field of forensic odontology, rugoscopy is still in its infancy. A consensus of opinion is emerging that the rugae remain fairly stable in number and morphology.[<xref rid="ref20" ref-type="bibr">20</xref><xref rid="ref21" ref-type="bibr">21</xref>] Its design and structure are unchanged and are not altered by chemicals, heat, disease or trauma, or, if palatal rugae are destroyed, are reproduced exactly on the same site that had these rugae.[<xref rid="ref3" ref-type="bibr">3</xref><xref rid="ref15" ref-type="bibr">15</xref><xref rid="ref20" ref-type="bibr">20</xref>] Many studies have been carried out on the rugae patterns in black, Caucasian and mixed populations in South Africa,[<xref rid="ref22" ref-type="bibr">22</xref>] Japan[<xref rid="ref23" ref-type="bibr">23</xref><xref rid="ref24" ref-type="bibr">24</xref>] Saudi Arabia[<xref rid="ref25" ref-type="bibr">25</xref>] and parts of India.[<xref rid="ref17" ref-type="bibr">17</xref><xref rid="ref26" ref-type="bibr">26</xref>] Differences between genders using study of rugae pattern have been studied without any conclusions.[<xref rid="ref9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref><xref rid="ref22" ref-type="bibr">22</xref>] Differences in the shape of the palatal rugae in different races and population have been investigated but no significant sex differences were observed in those studies either.[<xref rid="ref22" ref-type="bibr">22</xref><xref rid="ref26" ref-type="bibr">26</xref>] However, no study has so far been done to assess the gender differences in the shape of palatal rugae especially among the western Uttar Pradesh population, more specifically in Meerut. Our study did not show any significant difference in the number of rugae between the males and females. Results from our study mostly conform to the results presented by Dohke and Osato[<xref rid="ref24" ref-type="bibr">24</xref>] as well as Faisal M Fahmi <italic>et al.</italic>,[<xref rid="ref25" ref-type="bibr">25</xref>] who indicated that among the Japanese as well as the Saudis, females had fewer rugae than males. A significant difference was found in two shapes of rugae in our study. Primarily, the converge pattern of rugae was found to be higher in females than males. This difference was found to be statistically significant. The other finding was that the circular pattern of rugae was found to be statistically higher in males than in females. These two differences could be employed as factors for identification along with other methods of identification.</p><p>In the light of these results, we strongly suggest that palatal rugae pattern can be used in forensic science as an auxiliary method for estimating gender. However, a more detailed study involving a larger sample size is needed in order to substantiate these findings. In addition, examining the rugae patterns in other population samples in India may further corroborate our findings.</p></sec><sec sec-type="conclusions" id="sec1-5"><title>Conclusion</title><p>The present study attempted to compare the rugae pattern between males and females in a sample of population of Meerut. No significant difference was noted in total number of rugae between males and females. However, statistically significant differences were found in the two patterns of rugae; the converge type was found to be higher in females and the circular type was found to be higher in males. 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