Table 2.
Association between pain/disability and reported emergency
| Emergency | NRS-11 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Median | P value | |
| Debonded bracket | ||
| Yes | 4 | 0.094 |
| No | 2 | |
| Poking wire | ||
| Yes | 4 | 0.001c |
| No | 2 | |
| Sharp ligature tie | ||
| Yes | 4 | 0.005b |
| No | 2 | |
| Broken fixed retainer | ||
| Yes | 4 | 0.633 |
| No | 3 | |
| Ulcer | ||
| Yes | 5 | 0.013a |
| No | 3 | |
| Inflammation | ||
| Yes | 3 | 0.368 |
| No | 3 | |
| Swelling | ||
| Yes | 1 | 0.077 |
| No | 3 | |
| Exudate | ||
| Yes | 1 | 0.356 |
| No | 3 | |
| Bleeding | ||
| Yes | 3 | 0.694 |
| No | 3 | |
| Bad odor | ||
| Yes | 3 | 0.241 |
| No | 2 | |
| Problematic palatal device | ||
| Yes | 5 | 0.008b |
| No | 2.5 | |
| Lost retainer | ||
| Yes | 1.5 | 0.517 |
| No | 3 | |
NRS, Numerical Rating Scale.
Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
a
P < 0.05.
b
P < 0.01.
c
P < 0.001.