Table 8.
Frequency of radiographic appearance, location, side of jaw, ghost images, and size of tonsiliths.
| Case (N = 10) |
Control (N = 10) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Radiographic appearance | ||
| Single, welldefined | 3 | 0 |
| Multiple, welldefined | 7 | 0 |
| Nil tonsiliths (control group) | 0 | 10 |
| Location of tonsilith(s) | ||
| Lower third of mandibular ramus | 10 | 0 |
| Nil tonsiliths (control group) | 0 | 10 |
| Side of the jaw with tonsilith | ||
| Unilateral left | 1 | 0 |
| Unilateral right | 6 | 0 |
| Bilateral | 3 | 0 |
| Nil tonsiliths (control group) | 0 | 10 |
| Ghost images | ||
| Present | 2 | 0 |
| Not present | 8 | 0 |
| Nil tonsiliths (control group) | 0 | 10 |
| Size of tonsilith seen on radiographs (mm) | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Nil (control group) | 0 | 10 |