title: Measurements of soft tissue orbits in Turkish young adults.
abstract: The present study was undertaken to determine the normal values of the intercanthal distance, biocular distance, interpupillary distance and palpebral fissure length and height for the Turkish population. These measurements were taken from 500 (272 females, 228 males) healthy young adults aged 18-25 years. The measurements were made with a millimetric compass. The mean values of intercanthal distance, biocular distance, interpupillary distance, right palpebral fissure length and palpebral fissure height were 30.7+/-3.0 mm, 95.9+/-6.0 mm, 63.9+/-3.6 mm, 32.6+/-2.4 mm and 10.3+/-1.6 mm respectively in males. In females the equivalent values were 30.0+/-2.6 mm, 92.0+/-5.4 mm, 60.8+/-3.2 mm, 31.0+/-2.4 mm and 10.4+/-1.5 mm respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, 01330 Adana, Turkey. gbozkir@mail.cu.edu.tr
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bozkir
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karakaş
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oĝuz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D002508:Cephalometry; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012016:Reference Values; D014421:Turkey