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Clinical Study
Comparative Assessment of Preoperative versus Postoperative Dexamethasone on Postoperative Complications following Lower Third Molar Surgical Extraction
Table 2
Mean, SD, and difference by group of visual analogue scale (VAS).
Variable
Evaluation/difference
Groups
p
value
Group A
Group B
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
VAS scores
1st day (night)
0.556
2nd day (morning)
0.815
2nd day (night)
0.976
3rd day (morning)
0.321
3rd day (night)
0.462
Difference
1st day (night) − 2nd day (morning)
0.458
1st day (night) − 2nd day (night)
0.152
1st day (night) − 3rd day (morning)
0.008
1st day (night) − 3rd day (night)
0.009
Significant at
p
≤ 0.05.