Efficacy and Safety of a Lidocaine Gel in Patients from 6 Months up to 8 Years with Acute Painful Sites in the Oral Cavity: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Comparative Study

Table 1

Cause of painful sites by age group and treatment arm.

Cause of pain	Treatment arm by age group
	Age group I						Age group II
	Verum		Placebo		Total		Verum		Total
	Bites	8	11.4	2	2.9	10	7.2	2	6.1	2	6.1
Aphthous ulcer	28	40.0	22	31.9	50	36.0	2	6.1	2	6.1
Mouth blisters	6	8.6	10	14.5	16	11.5	1	3.0	1	3.0
Cold sores	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Partial gingivitis	11	15.7	9	13.0	20	14.4	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hand-foot-mouth disease	1	1.4	3	4.3	4	2.9	5	15.2	5	15.2
Herpes simplex	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3.0	1	3.0
Teething	10	14.3	12	17.4	22	15.8	21	63.6	21	63.6
Dental braces	4	5.7	3	4.3	7	5.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Other	2	2.9	8	11.6	10	7.2	1	3.0	1	3.0
Total	70	100	69	100	139	100	33	100	33	100