Table 3.

Patient postsurgical discomfort score and patient postsurgical discomfort score (mean±standard error, n=20) of two groups over the periods

Period	PSDS		PES-VAS		Comparison (Group I vs. Group II)
					PSDS		PES-VAS
	Group I	Group II	Group I	Group II	Mean difference	P	Mean difference	P
Baseline	1.10±0.07	1.05±0.14	5.65±0.17	5.70±0.16	0.05	0.791	0.05	0.861
Day 10	1.95±0.14	3.30±0.25	6.60±0.17	6.40±0.23	1.35	0.001*	0.20	0.292
1 month	0.40±0.11	0.55±0.11	8.70±0.29	7.10±0.23	0.15	0.426	1.6	0.022
3 months	0.10±0.07	0.15±0.08	8.75±0.26	8.95±0.34	0.05	0.791	0.2	0.079
Intra-group comparison	Group I PSDS		Group II PSDS		Group I (PES)-VAS		Group II (PES)-VAS
	Mean difference	P	Mean difference	P	Mean difference	P	Mean difference	P
Baseline versus day 10	0.85	<0.001*	2.25	<0.001*	0.95	<0.001*	0.70	0.001*
Baseline versus 1 month	0.70	<0.001*	0.50	0.003*	3.05	<0.001*	1.4	<0.001*
Baseline versus 3 months	1.00	<0.001*	0.90	<0.001*	3.10	<0.001*	3.25	<0.001*
Day 10 versus 1 month	1.55	<0.001*	2.75	<0.001*	2.10	<0.001*	0.7	<0.001*
Day 10 versus 3 months	1.85	<0.001*	3.15	<0.001*	2.15	<0.001*	2.55	<0.001*
1 month versus 3 months	0.30	0.173	0.40	0.046*	0.05	0.682	1.85	<0.001*

PSDS: Patient postsurgical discomfort score; PES: Patient esthetic score; VAS: Visual analog scale. P > 0.05 Not significant; P < 0.05 Just significant; P < 0.01 Moderate significant; P < 0.001, *Highly significant