Original Article
Year : 2017 | Volume : 1 | Issue : 2 | Page : 70 - 80
Determination of ABO Blood Grouping from Dentine and Pulp by Absorption‐elution Technique
Dushyantsinh Vala, Abhishek Singh Nayyar1, Pooja VK2, B. Kartheeki1, Nehal Patel, Devanshi Vala, P. Tanmay
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology, Darshan Dental College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan,1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Radiology, Saraswati- Dhanwantari Dental College and Hospital and Post- Graduate Research Institute, Parbhani, Maharashtra,2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology, Navodaya Dental College and Hospital, Raichur, Karnataka, India
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Abstract
Introduction:
Blood grouping has been one of the cornerstones of identification of biological material. Mostly, teeth and bones are the only significant tissues remaining in mass disasters such as aircraft crash or, bomb blasts and hence, used in human identification. It has, also, been suggested that blood group antigens in the pulp and dentine are preserved even up to 2 years after the death of an individual.
Aim:
In the present study, an attempt was made to determine the ABO blood grouping from the dentine and pulp by absorption‐elution (AE) technique.
Materials and Methods:
The study group included sixty patients requiring extraction due to periodontal or, orthodontic purposes. The extraction procedure was carried out under local anesthesia following an aseptic protocol. After extraction, the socket blood was collected for blood group determination which served as control for the study. The blood grouping was performed by AE technique using powdered dentine and dental pulp.
Statistical Analysis:
The statistical analysis was carried out using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 19. The statistical analysis for comparison of teeth component with ABO blood groups with the age period and gender differentiation was done using Chi‐square test. P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
Results:
Out of sixty samples tested for ABO blood grouping, dentine and pulp showed no significant difference with age and gender; results were more positive in the age group in which individuals were <20 years of age with the sensitivity decreasing with increasing age of the individuals, while pulp was better than dentine in expressing ABO antigens.
Conclusion:
On the basis of the results obtained from the present study, it could be concluded that both dentine and pulp are reliable sources of blood group determination for ABO blood grouping where teeth happen to be the only remnants available for personal identification.
Keywords: ABO blood grouping, absorption-elution technique, dentine and pulp
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Conflicts of interest
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How to cite this article:
Vala D, Nayyar AS, Pooja VK, Kartheeki B, Patel N, Vala D, et al. Determination of ABO blood grouping from dentine and pulp by absorption-elution technique. Int J Orofac Biol 2017;1:70-80.
