| DENTAL SCIENCE - RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 131-133 |
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Elongated styloid process: A study
Jinu Merlin Koshy1, Madhu Narayan2, Sankar Narayanan3, B Sathya Priya1, G Sumathy1
1 Department of Anatomy, Sree Balaji Dental College, Bharat University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Oral Pathology, Sree Balaji Dental College, Bharat University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Oral Medicine, Sree Balaji Dental College, Bharat University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Jinu Merlin Koshy
Department of Anatomy, Sree Balaji Dental College, Bharat University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.155861
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The styloid process (SP) on the temporal bone is a highly variable formation. The normal length of the SP ranges from 20 to 30 mm. In spite of its being normally distributed in the population, SPs could be divided into two groups - short SPs with >20 mm and long SPs with <20 mm in length. The SP is often denoted as elongated when it is longer than 30 mm or 33 mm. These dimensions, based on early reports, do not respect the natural variation of the SP. The aim of this study is to investigate the natural variation of the length of the SP. |
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