Table 4.

VAS and Clinical score in pre and post-treatment patients.

Serial no.	Parameter	Pre-treatment		Post-treatment		Change in values		Significance of change (Wilcoxon signed rank test)
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	z	p
1	VAS score (n = 20)	4.95	2.23	0.50	1.24	4.45	2.11	3.956	<0.001
2	Clinical score (right buccal mucosa) (n = 17)	2.71	0.89	0.59	0.94	2.12	0.99	3.564	<0.001
3	Clinical score (left buccal mucosa) (n = 17)	2.82	0.53	0.41	0.71	2.41	0.94	3.656	<0.001
4	Clinical score (desquamative gingivitis) (n = 7)	2.71	0.49	0.43	0.79	2.29	0.84	2.414	0.016