Elongated Styloid Process: A Retrospective Panoramic Radiographic Study
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Elongated styloid process: An epidemiological study on digital panoramic radiographs
Background The styloid process is a projecton of the temporal bone, its lenght is between 20 to 30 mm, when it is longer than 30 mm it is defined elongated styloid process. The aim of this study is an epidemiological evaluation of 1003 digital panoramic radiographs in an Italian population between 5 and 90 years old. Material and Methods This is a retrospective analysis and the radiographs we...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Dentistry
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0976-6006,0976-6014
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10015-1181