Table 6.

Means and SDs of the VAS scores in the posterior 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
T1	30.50±5.39a	18.29	42.71	41.00±5.55a	28.43	53.57	0.105
T2	14.75±3.30ac	7.28	22.22	16.00±3.63bc	7.77	24.23	0.796
T3	18.50±6.23ac	4.39	32.61	22.25±5.35b	10.14	34.36	0.481
T4	12.00±4.42bc	1.99	22.00	16.00±5.46bc	3.63	28.37	0.684
T6	4.00±2.66b	−2.03	10.03	12.00±4.66bc	1.44	22.56	0.247
T8	1.00±1.00b	−1.26	3.26	4.00±2.21c	−1.00	9.00	0.436
p	0.000***			0.000***

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