Características individualizantes de rugas palatinas, cuerpo de bomberos de Samborondón semestre A 2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Palatal rugas are an individualized morphological trait in each living or dead individual; his study being able to identify people evaluating their shape and position especially in cases of carbonized bodies and that the most common methods of identification are not possible. Objective: The purpose of this research is to identify the individualizing characteristics of the palatal rugas in the rented equipment of the Fire Department of Samborondón Semester A - 2019. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, with a universe of 44 people of the rented equipment of the Fire Department of Samborondón. The shape of the palate and the rugas, the prominences and the pattern of the palatal rugas, and the type of roughness by means of the rugoscopy were analyzed. The results obtained will be analyzed through statistical data. Results: The sample consisted of 44 firefighters from Samborondón; The male gender predominated. The shape of the palate was analyzed: arciform (63.64%), triangular (34%); rectangular (2.27%). The prominence of palatal wrinkles: high (70%); intermediate (25%), and flat (5%). The roughness pattern: convex (61%), concave (39%); Arachiform did not appear. The shape of palatal wrinkles: II (50%), I and IV (23%), and III (5%). The types of simple, straight palatine roughness (30.14%), curve (11.58%), angled (4.39%), Wavy (35.13%), Knitted (18.76%), are not found presence of circular type in the simple and compound sample: Straight Curve and Circulate Sinuous Straight (RC-CSR) 38%, Straight Separated Curve and Straight Circular (RCS-CR) 13%; No Curve Point Curve was presented within the curve. Conclusion: The rugoscopy method is a reliable and accessible method for the documentation of pre-mortem data, useful for various legal, forensic and human identification purposes