Descripción de los patrones rugoscópicos comunes entre progenitores e hijos, en algunas ciudades del oriente de Colombia, en el año 2017

Abstract

Background: Forensic dentistry offers various alternatives for the identification of people. In the present work, rugoscopy was highlighted not only in the recognition of an individual, but also in the process of establishing common rugoscopic patterns between parents and children. Considering this, the objective of this investigation was to describe the common rugoscopic patterns between parents and children living in some cities of eastern Colombia. Methodology: Through a case series report study, the common rugoscopic patterns of parents and children of 25 families were identified, based on a physical record called rugogram and using the classification given by Bassauri. Intraoral impressions were taken to the members of the families involved, obtaining in this way a study model of the upper arcade of each participant. Subsequently, a copy was obtained on adhesive paper, the analysis of each rugoscopic record was made and the information was systematized in an Excel file. On this basis, ruscoptic features that did not have data were identified and eliminated. Then, the common rugas were recognized and at that moment the parental relationship, the type of ruga, the location was traced. To make the comparison, the association of the type, location and number of the rugas between parents and children was established. For this, Chi square test, ANOVA test and Kruskal-Wallis test were used, considering a level of significance of alpha (α) = 0.05. Results: Correspondences of the palatal roughness were observed in 88% of the total of the studied families, being the sinuous the most frequent form. Based on the data obtained, it was possible to establish a possible relationship of the common rugoscopic patterns among family members of first degree of consanguinity, taking into account parameters of form, number, orientation and location, trying to expand the use of palatal rugas in the field of study in legal and forensic dentistry.