Table 2.

Comparison of demographic information, clinical characteristics, and postoperative data of patients for the two groups.

Variables	Group D (n = 30)	Group M (n = 30)	p value
Age (year)	41.61 ± 9.82	43.34 ± 8.43	0.316
Body weight (kg)	61.12 ± 8.63	59.20 ± 7.73	0.168
Males/females	19/11	18/12	0.070
Duration of surgery (min)	117.40 ± 15.18	115.75 ± 13.57	0.719
Number of dental implants	2.35 ± 0.88	2.00 ± 0.73	0.177
Total volume of local anesthetic used (mL)	7.33 ± 0.67	7.48 ± 0.99	0.579
Surgeon satisfaction score	7.45 ± 1.15	7.60 ± 1.05	0.668
Patient satisfaction score	9.40 ± 0.59	9.25 ± 0.55	0.414
Time elapsed before taking the paracetamol tablet (h)	3.92 ± 0.49	5.18 ± 0.65∗	≤0.001

M: midazolam; D: dexmedetomidine. Data shown are the number or mean ± standard deviation. ^∗p < 0.05.