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

Table 3

Length of the styloid processes according to the type of elongation.

Type of elongation	Length of the styloid process (mm)
	Right	Left
	Mean ± SD (median)	Mean ± SD (median)
Elongated	36.9 ± 5.8 (35.8)	35.6 ± 5.5 (34.4) (A)
Pseudoarticulated	43.4 ± 15.8 (36.2)	52.2 ± 14.3 (48.9) (B)
Segmented	39.1 ± 9.3 (36.8)	33.0 ± 9.6 (33.2) (C)
value

Significant diference at 5.0%.
() Using the Kruskal-Wallis test comparisons of that test.