Table 6. Measurements of Limited Mouth Opening and Differences in Millimeters From Baseline Value in the Study Groups.
Maximum incisal distance | 8 mg dexamethasone |
P value | |
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Pterygomandibular space injection (SD) | Sublingual space injection (SD) | ||
Baseline | 46.36 (5.03) | 46.36 (5.03) | 1 |
Second day | 33.83 (7.68) | 36.96 (5.49) | 0.004* |
Seventh day | 42.61 (5.11) | 43.23 (4.88) | 0.293 |
Differences | |||
Baseline-second day | 12.53 (6.62) | 9.40 (5.11) | 0.004* |
Baseline-seventh day | 3.75 (3.74) | 3.13 (2.62) | 0.293 |
*P < 0.01.