Table 3.

Data of pain reduction between baseline and follow-up (12 month) and secondary outcomes both in conservative and surgical treatments

	Mean (SE)
Time	Conservative group (n = 123)	Surgical group (n = 95)	Difference between two groups of the variable (95% CI)	P valuec
VAS pain reduction (score)	2.45 (2.61)	2.25 (2.58)	−0.1998(−0.8987 to 0.4991)	0.5737
MMO increment (mm)	5.81 (6.06)	5.47 (8.45)	−0.3393 (−2.276 to 1.598)	0.7302
Masticatory ability improvement (score)	0.37 (0.81)	0.56 (0.98)	0.1430 (−0.1335 to 0.4196)	0.3085

MMO, maximum mouth opening; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; *, P value^c < 0.05.