Clinical Study

The Prevalence of Tonsilloliths and Other Soft Tissue Calcifications in Patients Attending Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Clinic of the University of Iowa

Table 8

Frequency of radiographic appearance, location, side of jaw, ghost images, and size of tonsiliths.

Case
( )
Control
( )

Radiographic appearance
 Single, welldefined30
 Multiple, welldefined70
 Nil tonsiliths (control group)010
Location of tonsilith(s)
 Lower third of mandibular ramus100
 Nil tonsiliths (control group)010
Side of the jaw with tonsilith
 Unilateral left10
 Unilateral right60
 Bilateral30
 Nil tonsiliths (control group)010
Ghost images
 Present20
 Not present80
 Nil tonsiliths (control group)010
Size of tonsilith seen on radiographs (mm)
 320
 430
 530
 620
 Nil (control group)010