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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Is Palatal Rugae Pattern a Reliable Tool for Personal Identification following Orthodontic Treatment? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Archana A Gupta, Supriya Kheur, Abdulrahman Alshehri, Wael Awadh, Zeeshan Heera Ahmed, Shaikh Mohammed Abdul Feroz, Samar Saeed Khan, Shazia Mushtaq, Harisha Dewan, Zohaib Khurshid and 4 more

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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14 authors.

Archana A GuptaPrivate Dental Clinic, Pune 411033, India.
Supriya KheurDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune 411018, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2440-3547
Abdulrahman AlshehriDivision of Orthodontics, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.
Wael AwadhDivision of Orthodontics, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.
Zeeshan Heera AhmedDepartment of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Shaikh Mohammed Abdul FerozDepartment of Prosthetic Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.
Samar Saeed KhanDepartment of Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Oral Pathology, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9199-9152
Shazia MushtaqDental Health Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Harisha DewanDepartment of Prosthetic Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2294-4710
Zohaib KhurshidDepartment of Prosthodontics and Dental Implantology, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7998-7335
Saranya VaradarajanDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Chennai 600130, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7051-1143
Govindarajan SujathaDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Chennai 600130, India.
Vishnu Priya VeeraraghavanCentre of Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics (COMManD), Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India.
Shankargouda PatilDepartment of Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Oral Pathology, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7246-5497

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo qualitatively and quantitatively review the reliability of palatal rugae as a tool for personal identification following orthodontic treatment.

methodsCross-sectional retrospective studies assessing the accuracy of matching palatal rugae pattern pre- and post-orthodontic treatment were identified from PubMed and SCOPUS databases. The title and abstract of the articles identified in the search were screened for potential duplicates and relevancy to the topic of interest. The full text of the articles selected in the screening was analyzed using the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Quantitative analysis of the studies representing coherent data in terms of age and treatment choice was performed using RevMan software.

resultsOut of 64 screened articles, only 18 articles fulfilled the eligibility criteria and were included in the systematic review. Out of these 18 articles, only 3 studies had data compatible with the quantitative analysis. Significant changes were noted in lateral first rugae in transverse bilateral direction (

conclusionThe 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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forensic odontologymorphologyorthodontic treatmentpalatal rugae

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