Background Palatal rugae are asymmetric ridges of connective tissue located behind the
incisive papilla over the anterior hard palate. They serve as stable superimposition …

Human identification is extremely important in legal and social questions. Various methods
have been developed and improved over the years to establish individual identity through …

The purpose of this study is a new method that can help to identify the sex through the study
of palatal rugae, comparing sagittal sections of the hard palate using Cartesian coordinates …

Background This study aims to validate a machine learning algorithm previously developed
in a training population on a different randomly chosen population (ie, test set). The …

Although there is clinical applicability of the palatal rugae as an identification tool in forensic
odontology, controversy exists whether the palatal rugae patterns are stable or variable. The …

Background Because of the individuality of the palatal rugae, they are applicable for human
identification purposes the same as the fingerprints. Therefore, it is important to assess the …

In forensic medicine, it is important to identify whole or fragmented bodies. This aim can be
particularly challenging in mass disasters. Palatal rugae patterns can be used as a …

Forensic odontology is recently used for victim identification due to natural disasters, crimes,
and other social disasters. With forensic odontology, the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) …

Results: The mean number of total rugae was significantly different among groups (p value=
0.02). Cl III malocclusion had less number of rugae in comparison to other groups (p value …

Objective To examine the method of least-square fitting for calibrating the palatal rugae
boundary. Methods According to the distribution of the teeth, the feature points were …