ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental dentistry2017
Elongated styloid process: An epidemiological study on digital panoramic radiographs.
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- Prevalence and features of elongated styloid process on imaging studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2022Pooled it
- Atlanto-occipital assimilation with arcuate foramen, vertebral artery hypoplasia, and elongated styloid process: a case report.Anatomical science international · 2026Article
- Styloid Process Elongation as an Incidental Finding in Adult Orthodontic Patients: Prevalence, Morphology and Diagnostic Implications from Panoramic Radiography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of panoramic radiography in detecting styloid process elongation: a cone-beam computed tomography referenced retrospective study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- The Anatomy of the Stylohyoid Chain: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Retrospective evaluation of ponticulus posticus prevalence, sella turcica types, and stylohyoid complex calcifications in a group of Turkish population.Anatomical science international · 2025Article
- The correlation between the styloid process length, angle, head shape, and eagle syndrome based on high-resolution CT three-dimensional reconstruction: a retrospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- The prevalence of elongated styloid process in the population of Barcelona: a cross-sectional study & review of literature.BMC oral health · 2023Review
- Content Analysis of YouTube Videos on Radiographic Anatomy on Dental Panoramic Images.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Intraoral and extraoral approach for surgical treatment of Eagle's syndrome: a retrospective study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022Article
- Eagle syndrome with hidden stylocarotid syndrome examined using dynamic ultrasonography: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2021Article
- Occurrence of the Elongated Styloid Process on Digital Panoramic Radiographs in the Riyadh Population.Radiology research and practice · 2021Article
- Length of the ossified stylohyoid complex and Eagle syndrome.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2018Article
- Evaluation of Styloid Process and Its Anatomical Variations: A Digital Panoramic Study with Systematic Review.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe styloid process is a projecton of the temporal bone, its lenght is between 20 to 30 mm, when it is longer than 30 mm it is defined elongated styloid process. The aim of this study is an epidemiological evaluation of 1003 digital panoramic radiographs in an Italian population between 5 and 90 years old. MATERIAL AND
methodsThis is a retrospective analysis and the radiographs were selected from the Complex Operating Unit of Dentistry of Padua University Hospital database. The radiographs were performed using a Sirona Ortophos XG and the styloid process length was measured using the measuring tool of Sidexis Software. It was measured from the point where it left the temporal bone plate to its tip. Styloid processes measuring more than 30 mm were considered elongated. Chi-squared test, Fligner-Killeen test, Shapiro-Wilk test and t-test with Welch correction were performed.
resultsIn the study 33.40% of the patients showed an elongated styloid process.
conclusionsThe number of patients with elongated styloid process and the mean length of the process increase with the age confirming the chronic development of the calcification described in literature. No statistically significant correlation is found between the presence of elongated styloid process and the gender and affected side (bilateral or unilateral).
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