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

Table 1

Evaluation of the length pattern of calcification and elongation according to the international side.

Variable	Right	Left	values
Elongation variant: process mean ± SD (median) mm	37.6 ± 7.3 (35.8)	35.5 ± 8.0 (34.4)	() < 0.001
Calcification pattern: (%)
Calcified	24 (11.1)	23 (10.6)	() = 0.824
Almost calcified	135 (62.5)	135 (62.5)
Calcified outline	57 (26.4)	58 (26.9)
Type of elongation: (%)
Elongated	162 (75.0)	154 (71.3)	() = 0.443
Pseudoarticulated	8 (3.7)	8 (3.7)
Segmented	46 (21.3)	54 (25.0)

The results obtained were based on the total number of X-rays analyzed: 216.
Significant diference at 5.0%.
() Through the Wilcoxon test for paired data.
() Through the McNemar Bowker test.