Comparative Evaluation of Pain Scores during Periodontal Probing with or without Anesthetic Gels

Table 2

Intergroup comparison of VAS scores.

	Mean ± SD	value	Post hoc test
Manual	8.35 ± 1.18	<0.001; sig	Manual > Florida, lidocaine, benzocaine; Florida > lidocaine, benzocaine
Florida	5.50 ± 1.76
Lidocaine	3.30 ± 1.56
Benzocaine	3.80 ± 1.51