Table 2.

Statistical correlation of mouth opening with biochemical parameters

	Mouth opening
	Preop	At day 4	At day 7	At day 14
WBC count	r = − 0.290 p = 0.117	r = − 0.440 p = 0.015*	r = − 0.259 p = 0.172	r = − 0.062 p = 0.751
CRP	r = − 0.483 p = 0.007*	r = − 0.013 p = 0.949	r = − 0.339 p = 0.069	r = − 0.268 p = 0.152
ESR	r = − 0.568 p = 0.001*	r = − 0.191 p = 0.314	r = − 0.539 p = 0.002*	r = − 0.580 p = 0.001*

r Pearson correlation coefficient

*p < 0.05 is considered to be statistically significant