Open AccessElongated styloid process: Is it a pathologic condition?
Author(s) -
Najmeh Anbiaee,
Abbas Javadzadeh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.93455
Subject(s) - radiography , calcification , medicine , mann–whitney u test , correlation , radiology , mathematics , geometry
The aims of this study were to evaluate the length, morphology, and calcification patterns of the elongated stylohyoid process (ESP) on panoramic radiographs and to investigate the symptoms related to it. We then addressed the question: Is ESP a pathologic condition or a physiologic phenomenon?