ANALYSIS OF PALMAR A-B SUBTOTAL RIDGE COUNT IN POPULATION WITH MALOCCLUSION
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Dermatoglyphics refers to the study of fingerprint and palm print patterns. Many studies are being conducted in this field to check whether the use of dermatoglyphics can be expanded to oral diseases. Malocclusion refers to the loss of normal occlusion due to misalignment or malpositioning of teeth in the oral cavity. The aim of the study is to analyze the association of Palmar A-B ridge count and malocclusion risk. This is a feasibility study conducted in a private dental college, chennai. The participants are grouped into normal occlusion and malocclusion groups. The ridge patterns of the palm of right and left hands were photographed for the A-B ridge count and analyzed statistically using the SPSS tool. A-B ridge count was found to be more in the normal group than in the study group, with statistical significance was observed (p-value < 0.05). The p-value of the right-hand was found to be 0.0011 and p-value of left-hand was found to be 0.0020. The results suggest a significant difference between the study group and normal group in right and left hand respectively. However there is no significant difference between groups when the A-B ridge count is analysed irrespective of side of hand.