Table 4.

Independent-sample t tests of differences in mean delta OHIP-14 between the iodine tampon and Monoject® syringe conditions

Intervention Differences between POD	Iodine tampon (N = 44) Mean (SD)	Monoject® syringe (N = 43) Mean (SD)	p value
Δ 2–1	− 3.68 (9.32)	− 4.72 (5.21)	0.52
Δ 3–2	− 4.25 (4.24)	− 4.23 (4.50)	0.99
Δ 4–3	− 3.19 (4.84)	− 3.55 (4.94)	0.74
Δ 5–4	− 2.01 (3.96)	− 3.36 (5.02)	0.17
Δ 6–5	− 2.06 (3.22)	− 3.27 (4.58)	0.16
Δ 7–6	− 1.46 (3.69)	− 3.16 (4.24)	0.048*

*p < 0.05