To study the incidence of calcification of the stylohyoid ligament, 286 orthopantomographs were analyzed. All patients had no symptoms. The total incidence of calcification was noted to be high, at 84.4%. The number and the length of calcifications increased with age, and there was no relationship to sex or mandibular size. The phenomenon is often evident bilaterally. The variety of results reported in the references depends on different criteria in radiographic evaluation and in patient selection.
Calcification of the stylohyoid ligament: incidence and morpho-quantitative evaluations / V.F. Ferrario, D. Sigurtà, A. D'Addona, L. Dalloca, A. Miani, F. Tafuro, C. Sforza. - In: ORAL SURGERY, ORAL MEDICINE AND ORAL PATHOLOGY. - ISSN 0030-4220. - 69:4(1990), pp. 524-529.
Calcification of the stylohyoid ligament: incidence and morpho-quantitative evaluations
V.F. FerrarioPrimo
;A. Miani;C. SforzaUltimo
1990
Abstract
To study the incidence of calcification of the stylohyoid ligament, 286 orthopantomographs were analyzed. All patients had no symptoms. The total incidence of calcification was noted to be high, at 84.4%. The number and the length of calcifications increased with age, and there was no relationship to sex or mandibular size. The phenomenon is often evident bilaterally. The variety of results reported in the references depends on different criteria in radiographic evaluation and in patient selection.
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