Table 4 Median, Range, Intra, and Inter-group comparison of analgesics dosage (mg) at different time intervals for both studied groups.

From: Introducing flowable resin composite as a novel palatal dressing after free gingival graft harvesting: a randomized clinical trial

 

Control

Intervention

P-Value#

Median

Range

Median

Range

Day 1

1200A

(0–1800)

1200A

(0–1800)

0.435NS

Day 2

1200A

(0–1800)

1200A

(0–1800)

0.489NS

Day 3

1200A

(0–1800)

900A

(0–1800)

0.266NS

Day 4

0B

(0–1800)

0B

(0–1200)

0.523NS

Day 5

0B

(0–1800)

0B

(0–1200)

0.806NS

Day 6

0B

(0–1200)

0B

(0–1200)

0.907NS

Day 7

0B

(0–1200)

0B

(0–1200)

0.728NS

Day 8

0B

(0–1200)

0B

(0–600)

0.521NS

Day 9

0B

(0–1200)

0B

(0–600)

0.521NS

Day 10

0B

(0–1200)

0B

(0–600)

0.521NS

Day 11

0B

(0–1200)

0B

(0–600)

0.521NS

Day 12

0B

(0–1200)

0B

(0–0)

0150NS

Day 13

0B

(0–600)

0B

(0–0)

0.317NS

Day 14

0B

(0–600)

0B

(0–0)

0.317NS

P-Value##

<0.000**

<0.000**

 
  1. #P-value for Inter-group comparison between the two groups (Mann-Whitney test).
  2. ##Overall P-value for Intra-group comparison between the different time intervals (Kruskal-Wallis test). - Capital letters for intra-group comparison between the different time intervals (Mann-Whitney test) and the medians with different superscripts are statistically significant different at P ≤ 0.05.
  3. **Highly significant at P ≤ 0.001. *Statistically significant at P ≤ 0.05.
  4. NS Non-significant P > 0.05.