Table 2 Palatal healing score using Friedman’s test for intra-group comparison and Mann–Whitney test for intergroup comparison.
Test group (NBF gel+ palatal stent) (n = 11) | Control group (Palatal stent) (n = 11) | P value | Effect size (d) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median (Range) | Mean ( ± SD) | Median (Range) | Mean ( ± SD) | |||
Healing index score | ||||||
3 days | 3 (2, 4) B | 3.09 (0.7) | 2 (1, 4) C | 2.27 (0.79) | 0.017* | 1.082 |
7 days | 4 (3, 4) B | 3.55 (0.52) | 3 (2, 4) B | 3.09 (0.7) | 0.116 | 0.631 |
14 days | 4 (2, 4) B | 3.55 (0.82) | 4 (3, 4) B | 3.73 (0.47) | 0.801 | 0.084 |
21 days | 4 (4, 5) A | 4.27 (0.47) | 4 (4, 5) A | 4.36 (0.5) | 0.655 | 0.154 |
30 days | 5 (4, 5) A | 4.64 (0.5) | 5 (4, 5) A | 4.73 (0.47) | 0.655 | 0.154 |
P-value | <0.001* | <0.001* | ||||
Effect size (w) | 0.616 | 0.875 | ||||
