The study of a diagram of the dorsum of the tongue for determining individual identifying characteristics
Pashinian, G.A.; Aiub, F.K.
Sudebno-Meditsinskaia Ekspertiza 38(1): 11-13
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-4521 PMID: 7725351 Document Number: 446064
Patterns of the back of the tongue were studied in 80 normal subjects and 200 corpses of both sexes to detect the individual personality characteristics. A technique of impression making using alginate mass and plaster casts has been developed. A chart and arithmetic scheme is offered for accurate presentation of the number and localization of papillae. Study of the patterns of the mucosa of the back of the tongue revealed individual features in the structure of sulcated, foliated, fungiform, and filiform papillae, which may be significant in identification expert evaluation.