Pain during Removal of Carious Lesions in Children: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 3

Frequency of scores given by children.

	Score	Girls (%)	Boys (%)	P value
Group 1	0 (no pain)	12 (100.0)	6 (75.0)	𝑃=0.075^a
	1 (mild)	0 (0.0)	2 (25.0)
	2 (moderate)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	3 (moderately intense)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	4 (intense)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	5 (extremely intense)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	Total	12 (100.0)	8 (100.0)
Group 2	0 (no pain)	10 (83.3)	3 (37.5)	𝑃=0.055^b
	1 (mild)	1 (8.3)	4 (50.0)
	2 (moderate)	1 (8.3)	0 (0.0)
	3 (moderately intense)	0 (0.0)	1 (12.5)
	4 (intense)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	5 (extremely intense)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	Total	12 (100.0)	8 (100.0)

aMann-Whitney, U = 36,000. ^bMann-Whitney, U = 27,000