TABLE 3.
Distribution of pain intensity according to the periapical index
| Pain score | Periapical İndex | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | p | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| 24 h | |||||||||||
| 0 | 7 | 38.9 | 3 | 16.7 | 7 | 38.9 | 1 | 5.6 | 18 | 100 | |
| 1 | 5 | 27.8 | 2 | 11.1 | 8 | 44.4 | 3 | 16.7 | 18 | 100 | 0.027 |
| 2 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | 100 | |
| 3 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 83.3 | 6 | 100 | |
| 48 h | |||||||||||
| 0 | 10 | 29.4 | 5 | 14.7 | 14 | 41.2 | 5 | 14.7 | 34 | 100 | |
| 1 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 100 | 0.136 |
| 2 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 100 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 2 | 100 | |
| 72 h | |||||||||||
| 0 | 11 | 29.7 | 5 | 13.5 | 15 | 40.5 | 6 | 16.2 | 37 | 100 | |
| 1 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.3 | 6 | 100 | 0.029 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 2 | 100 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
Significant (p<0.05)