Background: Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the connective tissue attachment and supporting bone around the teeth. Over the years, the retrospective analysis of the possible etiological factors responsible for periodontal infections has magnified to its brink. The necessity lies in segregating the evidences and acknowledging their potential role in disease pathogenesis. Genetic predisposition might explain such an individual variability that can be predicted by using various cytogenetic markers. However, these studies are far more costly and complicated. The present study was conducted to study the role of palmar dermatoglyphics as a diagnostic tool for periodontal infections. Materials and methods: The present cross sectional study comprised of 120 subjects who were categorized as those suffering from chronic generalized periodontitis (n= 60), in whom variouspalmar patterns were evaluated as compared to healthy controls (n=60), to find a “dermatoglyphic marker,” if any. Results:A statistically significant higher percentage of ulnar loops (80.5%) was seen in CGP patients as compared to a majority of whorls (80.17%) in the healthy controls (p < 0.001). The percentage of presence of palmar accessory tri-radii was similar in both groups χ2= 0.963 (p= 0.326). Mean a-t-d angle variation was statistically significant in the CGP group as compared to the healthy group χ2= 83.796 (p= 0.000). Conclusion:The results of the study revealed that dermatoglyphics holds promising results for determining the genetic susceptibility of individuals to develop periodontitis.

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Role Of Dermatoglyphics As A Potential Diagnostic Marker For Periodontitis: A Clinical Study

The study analyses the occurrence of accessory triradii and car- pal triradii on human palms in two populations. Accessory triradii were observed in Polish and Czech populations very rarely (triradius d' was most frequent). The occurrence of the abortive main line C(Y) was observed more often in the Polish population and it was a statistically significant difference. A very high symmetry was stated between the occurrence of forms C(Y) and c(X) on right and left palms. A higher frequency of occurrence was stated in the case of carpal triradius t in the Polish population and of triradius t' in the Czech population. However, the differences are not statistically significant.

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Václav Hajn

Papers

A report on the occurrence of accessory triradii in the subdigital area, and carpal triradii on the palm in Polish and Czech populations