Table 1 Characteristics of included studies.

From: Evaluation of Three Block Anesthesia Methods for Pain Management During Mandibular Third Molar Extraction: A Meta-analysis

Study Id

Patient

Intervention

Outcomes

Study tpye (study design)

Number

Age(Year)

Gender (F/M)

Technique

I/C

Allen, L 1896

20

—

—

C:IANB, I:V-A

20/20

success rate, onset time, positive aspiration

RCT(split mouth)

Diandian Li 2009

420

M = 29.5, Range:18–38

163/257

C:IANB, I:V-A, G-G

140/140/140

success rate, onset time, positive aspiration

RCT(parallel)

Fei Wang 2002

60

M = 26.0, Range:18–35

18/42

C:IANB, I:G-G

30/30

success rate, onset time, positive aspiration

RCT(parallel)

Jiacai He 2000

40

M = 29.5, Range:22–38

16/24

C:IANB, I:V-A

40/40

success rate, positive aspiration

RCT(split mouth)

Jieping Yang 2013

32

M = 25.0, Range:11.8- ± 38.2

18/14

C:IANB, I:G-G

32/32

success rate, onset time, positive aspiration

RCT(split mouth)

Jizhong Lv 2009

120

M = 29.5, Range:18–38

47/73

C:IANB, I:V-A

60/60

success rate, onset time, positive aspiration

RCT(parallel)

Martinez, G 2003

56

M = 23.3, Range:14–38

34/22

C:IANB, I:V-A

28/28

success rate, onset time, positive aspiration

RCT(parallel)

  1. —: no information; M: mean; F/M: Female number versus male number; C: control group, I: intervention group; I/C: patients number in intervention group versus the number of control group.