[Table/Fig-5]:

VAS Pain measurements for non-vital cases only (n=35).

Interval	Number of appoint-ments	n	Mean VAS	Standard Deviation	Maximum possible VAS Mark	*p-value
Pre-operative	1	17	4.8235	1.7405	170	0.8265 NS
	2	18	4.6111	3.5833	170
6 hours Post-operative	1	17	15.1765	15.6454	170	0.0009 HS
	2	18	37.0000	19.3755	170
12 hours Post-operative	1	17	14.0000	12.5250	170	0.0272 S
	2	18	30.1111	26.0224	170
24 hours Post-operative	1	17	8.1176	5.1464	170	0.0572 NS
	2	18	19.8333	23.9761	170
48 hours Post-operative	1	17	3.3529	0.7019	170	0.0971 NS
	2	18	3.7222	0.5745	170

*P< 0.05 statistically significant, S – Significant, HS – Highly Significant, NS – Not significant, VAS – Visual Analog Scale

Test of significance used: Independent sample T-test