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Defining orbital growth patterns is essential for distinguishing physiological from pathological orbital development. Normative orbital growth data in Caucasian paediatric populations remain scarce.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study aimed to determine interorbital distance in a healthy Caucasian children population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A retrospective study was conducted in France, based on craniofacial CT scans measurements in patients aged from 3 months to 10 years. Measurements were taken at the neuro-ocular plane and included the bony inner interorbital distance (IOD), bony lateral orbital distance (LOD), and IOD\/LOD ratio. Mean +\/- SD was calculated for each age group, and comparisons between sexes and age groups were performed using the Mann\u2013Whitney test (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 466 CT-scans were analysed (216 females and 250 males). The mean IOD increased progressively, from 18.76 +\/- 1.17\u00a0mm at 3 months to 22.79 +\/- 1.73\u00a0mm at 10 years of age. The most important increase of IOD and LOD values was observed during the first 2 years of age (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.01) and between 7 and 8 years of age (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05). The IOD\/LOD ratio remained constant with age, showing isometric growth of the orbits.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study provides detailed normative data of orbital measurements in Caucasian children and highlights two critical periods of accelerated orbital growth.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00276-026-03849-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,27]],"date-time":"2026-02-27T14:26:51Z","timestamp":1772202411000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Normative data for interorbital distance in a paediatric Caucasian population"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"48","author":[{"given":"Mathilde Pech","family":"de Laclause","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Baptiste","family":"Morel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Boris","family":"Laure","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anne","family":"Morice","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"3849_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1155\/2023\/2223138","volume":"2023","author":"Z Ajanovi\u0107","year":"2023","unstructured":"Ajanovi\u0107 Z, Ajanovi\u0107 U, Dervi\u0161evi\u0107 L, Hot H, Voljevica A, Talovi\u0107 E, Dervi\u0161evi\u0107 E, Ha\u0161imbegovi\u0107 S, Sara\u010d-Had\u017eihalilovi\u0107 A (2023) A Geometric Morphometrics Approach for Sex Estimation Based on the Orbital Region of Human Skulls from Bosnian Population. 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