Table 2.

Visual analog scale to evaluate bleeding

0 No bleeding	The patient does not detect any blood in saliva
1 Oozing	The patient detects slight blood but it is not very noticeable
	(Patient notices blood over the sutured wound but it doesn’t stay for long)
2 Accidental low bleeding	The patient has low bleeding sometimes
	(Patient notices blood over the sutured wound which stays all over the day but does not increase in volume)
3 Continues low bleeding	The patient has low bleeding often
	(Patient notices blood with continues increase in volume)