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.