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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007 Apr;65(4):597–607. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.12.078

Table 5.

PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE MOST INTRUSIVE CATEGORY OF WORD(S) CHOSEN TO DESCRIBE ALTERED SENSATION ON THE FACE DURING THE SPONTANEOUS OR EVOKED ASSESSMENTS OF SENSATION

Intrusiveness of Altered Sensation (IAS) 1 Week % 1 Month % 3 Months % 6 Months %
No alteration 0 1 4 15
Hypoesthetic 7 11 16 19
Paresthetic 42 37 40 43
Dysesthetic 51 51 40 23