Table 2.

Intergroup comparison for OHIP-14 score, probability to recommend treatment to others, and satisfaction with treatment results (one-way ANOVA and Fisher’s exact test)

Goups	Variables
	N	OHIP-14			Probability to recommend treatment			Satisfaction with treatment
		Mean	SD	p	Mean	SD	p	Unsatisfied (%)	Neither satisfied. Nor unsatisfied (%)	Satisfied (%)	Very satisfied (%)	p
Sex
Female	49	3.09	2.12	0.296a	9.45	1.02	0.497a	2.04	6.12	46.94	44.90	0.660c
Male	45	3.64	2.93		9.58	0.78		0.00	2.22	44.44	53.33
Treatment phase
1–3 months	3	2.47	1.33	0.592b	10.00	0.00	0.275b	0.00	0.00	66.67	33.33	0.384c
3–6 months	26	3.04	2.30		9.69	0.74		0.00	11.54	42.31	46.15
> 6 months	65	3.53	2.67		9.42	0.98		1.54	1.54	46.15	50.77
Pain duration
No pain	10	2.50	1.80	0.380b	9.60	0.70	0.786b	0.00	0.00	60.00	40.00	0.542c
1–3 days	65	3.26	2.46		9.49	0.92		1.54	4.62	43.08	50.77
3–5 days	16	4.18	3.16		9.44	1.09		0.00	6.25	50.00	43.75
> 5 days	3	3.96	2.66		10.00	0.00		0.00	0.00	33.33	66.67
Pain severity
Mild	36	2.69A	2.83	0.036*b	9.67	0.68	0.360b	0.00	2.78	38.89	58.33	0.335c
Moderate	44	3.92B	1.93		9.39	1.06		2.27	6.82	50.00	40.91
Severe	4	5.32	5.06		9.25	1.50		0.00	0.00	25.00	75.00

SD standard deviation

^aT test t

^bOne-way ANOVA

^cFisher’s exact test

*Statistically significant for p < 0.05. Different letters indicate statistically significant differences. The comparison with the “severe” group was not possible because it did not present enough cases