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

Table 9

Evaluation of calcification pattern of the second type of elongation on the right side.

Type of elongation (right side)	Calcified		Almost calcified		Calcified outline		Total		values
		%		%		%		%
Total	24	11.1	135	62.5	57	26.4	216	100.0
Elongated	22	13.6	104	64.2	36	22.2	162	100.0	(1) = 0.036
Pseudoarticulated	1	12.5	4	50.0	3	37.5	8	100.0
Segmented	1	2.2	27	58.7	18	39.1	46	100.0

Significant association at 5.0%.
(1) Through the Fisher exact test.