Table 3.

Evaluation of mouth opening at different follow-up intervals

S.no	Time interval follow-up	Group I		Group II		Statistical significance
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	p
1	Immediate post-op. (24 h)	40.52	4.01	44.24	2.93	3.743	< 0.001
2	At 2 days	28.80	5.99	42.56	4.93	8.875	< 0.001
3	At 5 days	29.80	5.78	41.96	3.78	8.803	< 0.001
4	At 7 days	33.32	5.00	42.60	2.87	6.040	< 0.001
5	At 2 weeks	36.60	5.39	43.96	2.85	3.743	< 0.001