Omnell K A, Gandhi C, Omnell M L
University of Washington, School of Dentistry, Seattle 98195-6370, USA.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1998 Feb;85(2):226-32. doi: 10.1016/s1079-2104(98)90431-0.
We report the results of a longitudinal radiographic study of ossification of the stylohyoid ligament in a sample of patients treated for minor malocclusions. The results suggest that the vast majority of ossified sites in the stylohyoid ligaments are established during childhood and adolescence. The mean length of the sites shows a fairly rapid, linear increase with age until the end of adolescence; any further increase is nonlinear and occurs at a much slower rate. In young individuals the ossified sites were predominant in the superior part of the ligament. With increasing age ossified sites became prevalent also in other parts of the ligament. Ossified sites in the inferior part close to the hyoid bone were more common than previously reported.
我们报告了一项针对接受轻度错颌畸形治疗的患者样本进行的茎突舌骨韧带骨化纵向影像学研究结果。结果表明，茎突舌骨韧带中绝大多数骨化部位在儿童期和青春期形成。这些部位的平均长度在青春期结束前随年龄呈相当快速的线性增长；此后的任何进一步增长是非线性的，且速度要慢得多。在年轻人中，骨化部位主要位于韧带的上部。随着年龄增长，韧带其他部位也普遍出现骨化部位。靠近舌骨的下部骨化部位比之前报道的更为常见。
