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

Table 10

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

Type of elongation (left side)	Calcified		Almost calcified		Calcified outline		Total		values
		%		%		%		%
Total	23	10.6	135	62.5	58	26.9	216	100.0
Elongated	20	13.0	100	64.9	34	22.1	154	100.0	(1) < 0.0001
Pseudoarticulated	3	37.5	3	37.5	2	25.0	8	100.0
Segmented	—	—	32	59.3	22	40.7	54	100.0

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