Table 1.

Descriptive information and ANOVA results of three treatment groups

Function	Group	T0	T1	T2	T3	T4
Rest	Acetaminophen	0.58 ± 0.97	0.78 ± 1.26	1.08 ± 1.50	1.48 ± 1.91	1.20 ± 2.01
	Ibuprofen	0.54 ± 1.05	0.69 ± 1.30	0.95 ± 1.66	1.78 ± 2.43	1.71 ± 2.24
	Meloxicam	0.66 ± 0.93	0.80 ± 1.16	1.13 ± 1.58	1.42 ± 1.98	1.33 ± 1.84
	P valuea	0.739	0.844	0.758	0.532	0.276
Fitting posterior teeth	Acetaminophen	0.84 ± 1.24	1.13 ± 1.26	1.65 ± 1.69	2.65 ± 2.68	2.10 ± 2.68
	Ibuprofen	0.69 ± 1.10	1.06 ± 1.84	1.48 ± 2.04	2.89 ± 3.00	3.02 ± 2.86
	Meloxicam	0.99 ± 1.28	1.27 ± 1.52	1.73 ± 2.06	2.44 ± 2.48	2.35 ± 2.54
	P valuea	0.281	0.675	0.694	0.566	0.095
Chewing	Acetaminophen	1.01 ± 1.46	1.36 ± 1.56	1.96 ± 1.84	3.08 ± 2.97	2.79 ± 3.17
	Ibuprofen	0.98 ± 1.52	1.37 ± 2.15	1.89 ± 2.42	3.63 ± 3.24	3.75 ± 3.29
	Meloxicam	1.22 ± 1.65	1.50 ± 1.86	2.01 ± 2.14	3.05 ± 2.81	3.16 ± 3.10
	P valuea	0.560	0.871	0.939	0.397	0.177

T0 (immediately after separator placement), T1 (2 h), T2 (6 h), T3 (24 h), T4 (48 h)

^aANOVA results