Comparative efficacy of BioMin-F, Colgate Sensitive Pro-relief and Sensodyne Rapid Action in relieving dentin hypersensitivity: a randomized controlled trial

Table 5 The secondary outcome measure of Immediate and sustained treatment response in DH on visual analogue scale using mechanical stimulus

Post application efficacy intervals	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	p value
Immediate					0.002^π
(Mean scores ± SD)	5.10 ± 1.88	4.20 ± 1.70	4.65 ± 1.87	5.65 ± 1.49
(p value)^ψ	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Day 3					0.110^π
(Mean scores ± SD)	4.90 ± 1.48	3.15 ± 1.95	3.90 ± 2.31	5.55 ± 1.46
(p value)^ψ	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Week 2					0.002^π
(Mean scores ± SD)	3.45 ± 1.84	3.10 ± 2.19	3.60 ± 2.25	5.45 ± 1.57
(p value)^ψ	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Week 4					0.001^π
(Mean scores ± SD)	2.90 ± 2.07	2.45 ± 2.16	3.10 ± 2.19	5.00 ± 1.68
(p value)^ψ	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Week 6					0.001^π
(Mean scores ± SD)	2.35 ± 2.00	2.15 ± 1.92	3.05 ± 2.04	4.55 ± 1.95
(p value)^ψ	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
(p value)^ω	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

Group A received BioMin® F. Group B received Colgate Sensitive Pro relief™. Group C received Sensodyne Rapid Action™. Group D received Colgate Total™
SD standard deviation
^ψWilcoxon Signed-Rank Test; ^πKruskal–Wallis test; ^ωFriedman test; p values were considered significant at 0.05

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