Facial soft tissue thickness database for craniofacial reconstruction in the Turkish adult population.

320 Turkish adults (160 men, 160 women) who had undergone brain CT in the radiology clinic and showed no sign of maxillofacial pathology were analyzed in order to create a facial soft-tissue thickness database of the Turkish adult population. The soft-tissue thicknesses were measured at 31 landmarks, 10 midline and 21 bilateral anatomical landmarks. Average thickness values for each landmark as well as the standard deviation and range classified according to gender and age are reported. The differences of these mean values related to age and sexes were calculated. The values were then statistically compared to the findings of the European and Korean adults. Overall, the soft-tissue thickness measurements obtained in this study can be used as a database for the forensic craniofacial reconstruction of Turkish adult faces.

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