Comparative Assessment of Preoperative versus Postoperative Dexamethasone on Postoperative Complications following Lower Third Molar Surgical Extraction

Table 1

Mean, SD, and difference by group of maximum mouth opening and edema.

	Evaluation/difference	Groups		p value
		Group A	Group B
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Maximum mouth opening	Baseline			1.000
	2nd day			0.412
	5th day			0.756
	7th day			0.527
	Difference
	Baseline − 2nd day			0.371
	Baseline − 5th day			0.563
	Baseline − 7th day			0.021
Edema	Baseline			0.815
	2nd day			0.307
	5th day			0.548
	7th day			0.847
	Difference
	Baseline − 2nd day			0.003
	Baseline − 5th day			0.003
	Baseline − 7th day			0.038

Significant at p ≤ 0.05.