Background: Labial mucosa has elevations and depressions forming a pattern
called ‘Lip Prints’. Parents of patients with cleft lip &/or palate are known to have a particular lip print pattern. Objectives: To analyze the various pattern of lip prints in parents of CL(P) children and to compare these patterns with that of parents of unaffected
children and to analyze the significance of number of grooves present in the lip print of the affected children’s parents. Methodology: The study included 15 subjects [study group-parents with children having cleft lip &/or cleft palate) and 15 subjects (control
group-parents having children without cleft lip &/or cleft palate). The lip
prints of the subjects were obtained using the cellophane method and analysed using Suzuki Tsuchihashi classification of lip prints. The data was subjected to Chi- Square test and Student t-test. Results: A new O pattern was present in the study group. The groove count was higher in the mothers’ than in the fathers’ prints. Conclusion: The new pattern was present in the study group in a significant number of cases. The groove count was significantly high in the study group.
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