Table 5.

Means and SDs of the VAS scores in the anterior teeth at each time point

		Group 1			Group 2
Time points	X̄±SD	95% Confidence interval		X̄±SD	95% Confidence interval		p
		Lower bound	Upper bound		Lower bound	Upper bound
T3	28.50±7.45a	11.63	45.36	40.00±5.05a	28.56	51.44	0.247
T4	28.00±7.85a	10.22	45.78	25.00±7.49b	8.05	41.94	0.684
T5	6.00±2.66bc	−0.03	12.03	11.00±4.33bd	1.20	20.80	0.529
T6	13.50±4.83ac	2.57	24.43	18.00±5.73bd	5.03	30.97	0.579
T8	5.50±2.83bc	−0.91	11.91	3.00±2.13cd	−1.83	7.83	0.684
p	0.000***			0.000***

^***p<0.001; superscript letters indicate the differences between the time points