Original Article

Year : 2020 | Volume : 11 | Issue : 2 | Page : 54-59

Length of the styloid process associated with different skeletal patterns in Turkish Adolescents

Turkan Sezen Erhamza1, Ali Can Bulut2
1 Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey
2 Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey

Correspondence Address:

Dr. Turkan Sezen Erhamza

Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey

Aim:

The purpose of this study was to investigate the length of the styloid process (SP) in different skeletal patterns and stages of skeletal maturation.

Materials and Methods:

Radiographs involving SP (n = 158; 77 female and 81 male, age with a mean value of 12.84 ± 1.94 years) were evaluated retrospectively. Class I group included 52 subjects (0 ≤ ANB ≤4), Class II group included 57 subjects (ANB>4), and Class III group included 49 subjects (ANB <0). The length of the SP was measured in Photoshop CS5 software (Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, USA). Skeletal maturation stages were determined by the evaluation of hand-wrist radiographs and lateral cephalometric radiographs. The data were analyzed using Student's t-test and one-way ANOVA.

Results:

Statistically significant difference in the length of the SP was found between Class I and Class II group (P ≤≤≤05). The mean length of the SP was 30.68 ± 9.69 mm in Class I group and 34.63 ± 5.87 mm in Class II group. No statistically significant difference was found in between skeletal maturation stages of the groups neither in the bilateral length of the SP between genders.

Conclusion:

The risk of Eagle syndrome in skeletal Class II malocclusion might be higher. In addition, when a patient is referred with pain in the temporomandibular area with skeletal Class II anomaly, SP elongation should be considered besides the joint problems.

Source of Support: 

None

Conflict of Interest: 

None

DOI: 10.4103/ijor.ijor_4_20

How to cite this article: Erhamza TS, Bulut AC. Length of the styloid process associated with different skeletal patterns in Turkish Adolescents. Int J Orthod Rehabil 2020;11:54-9.