RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DERMATOGLYPHICS OF LIP PATTERNS AND DIASTEMA OF THE AFIKPO PEOPLE IN EBONYI STATE
Abstract
This study was aimed at uncovering the relationship, between the naturally occurring grooves on the lips, known as lip prints, and the naturally occurring spaces in between a persons teeth “diastema” among the indigenous people of Afikpo in Ebonyi state.
The study used 276 indigenes, all with naturally occurring diastema.
The samples were collected and tabulated and then analyzed all the comparisons were made through careful analysis and an additional chi-square evaluation.
The study has shown that there is no clear link between lip print patterns and the tooth gaps that are seen in people, or it’s location thereof.
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