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To Determine the Association of Elongated Styloid Process and Eagle’s syndrome Using Digital Panoramic Radiograph: A Retrospective Study

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Abstract

Aim

To evaluate the length of styloid process and to assess the clinical significance of it in Eagle’s syndrome.

Objectives

(1) To evaluate the length of styloid process using digital panoramic radiographs. (2) To evaluate the type of styloid process elongation using Langlais classification. (3) To assess the clinical symptoms of Eagle’s syndrome in patients with elongated styloid process.

Methods

OPG of patients reporting to Dental OPD above 18 years from November 2021 to May 2022 with No history of trauma No known history of craniofacial anomalies and craniofacial surgery. No clinical significance of Eagle’s syndrome. All digital images used in the study have been taken using under standard settings with minimal radiation exposure using the ALARA principle. Measurements were obtained using the EzDent software.

Statistical Analysis

Descriptive: Mean and Standard Deviation Inferential: (1) Chi-square test—for comparison of length of styloid process. (2) Student’s t test—analyze the significance of the condition.

Results

About 31% of the total examined population has elongated styloid process with Type I Langlais classification and most of them are asymptomatic in nature. Second highest type is Type IV in 1.8% followed by Type II which was noted in about 1.2%, and the least noted is Type III in 0.6%.

Conclusion

Though most people with extended styloid process are asymptomatic, increasing styloid process length still does not show any manifestation of Eagle’s syndrome.

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    Nitin Babu, Yuvaraj Vaithilingam, Balatandayoudam Arumugam, Sureshkumar Ganesan, Kavitha Arumugam & Vineeth Kumar Veeramani

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Babu, N., Vaithilingam, Y., Arumugam, B. et al. To Determine the Association of Elongated Styloid Process and Eagle’s syndrome Using Digital Panoramic Radiograph: A Retrospective Study. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-023-02105-0

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