Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

A study of Prevalence and pattern of the elongated styloid process among geriatric patients

Dr. Rizwan Ali A Shivji, Dr. Mohd Adhnan Mohd Fahim, Dr. Pranay Gandhi

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Aims:&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;bold">The aims of this study were to assess the elongation of the styloid process on digital panoramic radiographs and to evaluate the prevalence of the elongation according to age, sex and types.< /> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Methods:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;bold">&nbsp;Digital panoramic radiographs of 198 geriatric edentulous patients were analyzed. The radiographic length of the styloid process was measured on both sides. <o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Results</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;bold">:&nbsp;The elongated styloid process was seen in 87 of the 198 patients. It was observed that as age increased, elongation of the styloid process increased with a male predominance. Type I elongation was more common than other types of elongation. <o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Conclusions</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;bold">:&nbsp;The prevalence of the elongated styloid process in the present study was higher in comparison to the other reports from edentulous patients.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>