Research Article

Immediate Postoperative Pain and Recovery Time after Pulpotomy Performed under General Anaesthesia in Young Children

Table 2

Comparison of the pain scores, rescue analgesic needs, duration of dental operation, recovery time of groups, and distribution of patient in terms of gender and mean age of children.

Experimental group (%)Control group (%)Chi-square/t value

Gender
Female1.64/-0.20
Male

Age   (mean ± SD)-/1.7480.08

PIPS   (mean ± SD)24.82/-<

PPS (1 hour)   (mean ± SD)-/4.99<

PPS (2 hours)   (mean ± SD)-/4.797<

RAN
Present
Absent13.272/-<

DDO   (mean ± SD)-/4.204<

RT   (mean ± SD)-/2.808

. RAN: rescue analgesia need, RT: recovery time, DDO: duration of dental operation, PIPS: postoperative immediate pain score, and PPS: postoperative pain score.