Table 2 Descriptive statistics study of the levels of pain, discomfort, swelling, difficulty in chewing on the experimental and control sides as well as the P-Values for significance tests
Time | Variable | Experimental Side (n = 21) | Control Side (n = 21) | P-Value† | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Min | Max | Median (IQR) | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Median (IQR) | |||
T1 | Pain | 24.28 | 17.48 | 0.00 | 60.00 | 20.00 (15.00–40.00) | 3.80 | 8.64 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | < 0.001*** |
Discomfort | 23.80 | 17.45 | 0.00 | 60.00 | 20.00 (10.00–35.00) | 6.19 | 10.23 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 0.00 (0.00–10.00) | < 0.001*** | |
Swelling | 25.23 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 60.00 | 20.00 (15.00–30.00) | 2.38 | 6.24 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | < 0.001*** | |
Difficulty in Chewing | 14.76 | 18.87 | 0.00 | 70.00 | 10.00 (0.00–20.00) | 9.04 | 17.86 | 0.00 | 70.00 | 0.00 (0.00–10.00) | 0.016* | |
T2 | Pain | 15.23 | 15.69 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 10.00 (0.00–25.00) | 2.38 | 7.68 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.002** |
Discomfort | 16.19 | 16.27 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 10.00 (0.00–30.00) | 4.04 | 7.68 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 0.00 (0.00–5.00) | 0.003** | |
Swelling | 17.14 | 15.21 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 20.00 (0.00–30.00) | 0.47 | 2.18 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.001** | |
Difficulty in Chewing | 16.66 | 19.83 | 0.00 | 70.00 | 20.00 (0.00–30.00) | 8.09 | 15.03 | 0.00 | 60.00 | 0.00 (0.00–15.00) | 0.017* | |
T3 | Pain | 5.23 | 10.30 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 0.00 (0.00–10.00) | 1.42 | 6.54 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.023* |
Discomfort | 8.57 | 15.25 | 0.00 | 60.00 | 0.00 (0.00–20.00) | 3.80 | 10.23 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.112 | |
Swelling | 6.19 | 9.73 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 0.00 (0.00–15.00) | 0.95 | 4.36 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.015* | |
Difficulty in Chewing | 9.04 | 16.70 | 0.00 | 70.00 | 0.00 (0.00–15.00) | 8.09 | 15.69 | 0.00 | 60.00 | 0.00 (0.00–10.00) | 0.577 | |
T4 | Pain | 2.38 | 8.89 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.47 | 2.18 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.180 |
Discomfort | 3.33 | 6.58 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 0.00 (0.00–5.00) | 3.33 | 9.66 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 1.00 | |
Swelling | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 1.00 | |
Difficulty in Chewing | 2.38 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 2.85 | 7.83 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.317 | |