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Laterality and length of the elongated styloid processes (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ESP<\/jats:styled-content>) were also assessed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Eight hundred and eighty\u2010two soft tissue calcifications were detected in 626 (62.6%) patients. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MM<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FOV<\/jats:styled-content> presented the highest prevalence (76.8%), followed by <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MD<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FOV<\/jats:styled-content> (60.6%) and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MX<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FOV<\/jats:styled-content> (57.2%). <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ESP<\/jats:styled-content> and tonsillolith were the most frequent calcifications. Calcifications requiring treatment or not and those in need of follow\u2010up accounted for 6.9%, 92.7%, and 0.3% of cases, respectively. There was no association between calcifications and subjects\u2019 gender or age (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0.05). Most cases of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ESP<\/jats:styled-content> occurred bilaterally and were longer in males (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>There is a high prevalence of soft tissue calcifications in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CBCT<\/jats:styled-content>, and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ESP<\/jats:styled-content> and tonsilloliths are the most common types in all evaluated <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FOV<\/jats:styled-content>s. 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