Use of Digital Panoramic Radiographs in the Study of Styloid Process Elongation

Table 2

Length of the styloid processes according to the pattern of calcification.

Pattern of calcification	Length of the styloid process (mm)
	Right	Left
	Mean ± SD (median)	Mean ± SD (median)
Calcified	40.5 ± 10.8 (36.5)	37.7 ± 9.6 (35.8)
Almost calcified	37.4 ± 7.3 (35.8)	36.0 ± 7.7 (34.4)
Calcified outline	36.8 ± 5.1 (35.5)	33.5 ± 7.6 (34.2)
value

() Through the Kruskal-Wallis test.