Dermatoglyphic patterns in a group of Egyptian juvenile periodontitis "periodontosis"

This work was done to study dermatoglyphic features in fifty juvenile periodontitis subjects as comparised to other control group of fifty of non juvenile periodontitis subjects, 42 females and 8 males, ranging in age 18 to 24 years. The results of this study showed that: 1 - Significant increase in the frequency of whorls on the thumb of juvenile periodontitis subjects. 2 - Significant increase in total finger ridge count of juvenile periodontitis subjects. 3 - Increased percent of Simian crease of juvenile periodontitis subjects. 4 - Palmer patterns and axial triradius of juvenile periodontitis subjects were within normal range. Therefore, analysis of the finger prints is a useful adjunct to the diagnosis of juvenile periodontitis and it may help to screen out patients who are liable to develop the disease