Evaluation of Patient Comfort and Impact of Different Anesthesia Techniques on the Temporomandibular Joint Arthrocentesis Applications by Comparing Gow-Gates Mandibular Block Anesthesia with Auriculotemporal Nerve Block

Table 3

Difference values of ANB and GG between preoperative and 3^rd and 6^th months.

Difference values		ANB	GG	^†
MMO 3^rd Mt-preop	Mean ± SD	2.90 ± 1.97	2.60 ± 1.60	0.573
	Median (IQR)	3 (1–5)	2 (1,25–4)
MMO 6^th Mt-preop	Mean ± SD	3.45 ± 1.85	3.30 ± 1.38	0.804
	Median (IQR)	3 (2.25–5)	4 (2–4)
PM 3^rd Mt-preop	Mean ± SD	0.8 ± 0.83	0.85 ± 0.67	0.645
	Median (IQR)	1 (0-1)	1 (0-1)
PM 6^th Mt-preop	Mean ± SD	1.00 ± 0.8	1.15 ± 0.81	0.546
	Median (IQR)	1 (0–2)	1 (0,25–2)
VAS preop-3^rd Mt	Mean ± SD	4.50 ± 1.82	5.5 ± 1.91	0.088
	Median (IQR)	5 (2,25–6)	5.5 (4–7)
VAS preop-6^th Mt	Mean ± SD	4.80 ± 1.96	5.70 ± 1.66	0.145
	Median (IQR)	5 (3–6.75)	6 (4.25–7)

^†Mann–Whitney U-test.