Original Article

Year : 2018 | Volume : 3 | Issue : 2 | Page : 37 - 39

Prevalence of Elongated Styloid Process and Elongation Pattern on Digital Panoramic Radiographs in Saudi Population, Jeddah

Basem T. Jamal, Kamal Kanthan Ravikumar1, Suha H. Alyawar2, Israa N. Maghrabi2, Abeer M. Alshaikh2, Hala H. Jabbad2, Tala H. Alsohaibi2

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King Abdulaziz University, 1International Medical Center, 2 Department of Maxillofacial and Head and Neck Oncology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Kamal Kanthan Ravikumar,

International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

E‐mail: maxfaxkamal@yahoo.com

Abstract

Aim:

The aim of our research is to establish the prevalence of Elongated Styloid Process in Saudi Arabia Jeddah using panoramic radiographs and the assessment of the patient’s age, gender, sides, and type.

Materials and Methods:

This study was performed as a retrospective analysis on digital panoramic radiographs using the record base archives of the International Medical Center, dental department in Jeddah. In this study, 1971 radiographs were examined. The radiographs reviewed were taken between January 2010 - January 2017 using KaVo radiographic machine model OP300-1. The patient demographics, length of the SP at the right and left side and the classification pattern were entered in spreadsheet in microsoft excel 2007; and the statistical calculation were obtained by using SPSS ( Statistical Package for Social Science ) version 21 software. 0.01.

Result:

The mean length of the styloid process was 29.05 mm in our study . In females it was 29.17 mm and in males it was 31.30 mm with the length being more in males than in females and the result being statistically significant with p value (0.000). The length of the styloid process increased with the age progressively and it was statistically significant with p value 0.004. The average length of right side styloid process in all age groups is 30.2mm and the left side is 29.6mm with the right side being more than the left and the results were statistically significant p value (0.00). SP Type I elongation was the highest on both the right and left sides and also in all the age groups as compared to Types II and III.

Keywords: Eagle’s syndrome, panoramic radiograph, styloid process (elongated)

How to cite this article:

Jamal BT, Ravikumar KK, Alyawar SH, Maghrabi IN, Alshaikh AM, Jabbad HH, et al. Prevalence of elongated styloid process and elongation pattern on digital panoramic radiographs in Saudi population, Jeddah. Int J Soc Rehab 2019;3:37-9.