DANTAS, E. S. A. R.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8735764208185260; DANTAS, Elza Sângela Afonso dos Reis.
Resumo:
In addition to maxillary teeth and bones being useful for identification work, soft
tissue structures such as the lips and the hard palate are also. The palatine
rugosities present in the anterior region of the palate and are irregular mucosal
elevations and unique to each individual. The present work had as objective to
evaluate the applicability of the human identification through these structures. We
adopted an inductive approach with a descriptive and comparative statistical
procedure and a direct documentation method in the field. Sixty dental gypsum
models were used to delineate their palatal roughness, according to carrea and silva,
and the demographic variables ethnicity, sex and age were compared. In a second
moment, the applicability of the use of the palatal roughnesses as a method of
identification by the dental academics through the simulation of "ante" and "postmortem"
data was verified. It was observed prevalence of wrinkles on the left side in
the male sex and right in the female sex. There was a prevalence of wrinkles on the
right side in all ethnic groups. Most of the students obtained a positive result against
the identifications. It was concluded that the evaluation of the rugoscopies in relation
to the qualitative, quantitative variables, according to established sex, ethnicity and
age still needs further studies, since the standards vary according to the evaluator,
method and classification system used. The applicability of the human identification
using the palatine rugoscopy by the students was positive, proving the effectiveness
of the method, even when applied by people without training or experience.