Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviation for Masseteric pain to palpation using VAS. Student’s Paired t-Test found significant differences between both groups in sessions 2 and 3. *p ≤ 0.010 **p ≤ 0.05

	ETPS (Group I)		Occlusal Splint (Group II)
Masseter pain to palpation	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p
Week 1	60.05	15.96	58.75	14.99	0.790
Week 2	35.76	13.42	45.00	15.22	0.046**
Week 3	1.90	3.39	45.00	15.22	0.070*