Clinical Comparison of MEBO and Hyaluronic Acid Gel in the Management of Pain after Free Gingival Graft Harvesting: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 2

Median and range values for intergroup comparison of postoperative pain measured by analgesic consumption (mg) daily from day 1 to day 7 in the three groups.

Total analgesic consumption		Median	Min	Max	value
Day 1	Group I	600	0.00	1200.00	0.068 ns
	Group II	600	0.00	1800.00
	Group III	1500	0.00	1800.00
Day 2	Group I	00^c	0.00	0.00	0.002
	Group II	300^b	0.00	1200.00
	Group III	900^a	0.00	1800.00
Day 3	Group I	00^c	0.00	0.00	0.004
	Group II	300^b	0.00	1800.00
	Group III	900^a	0.00	1800.00
Day 4	Group I	0.00	0.00	1800.00	0.415 ns
	Group II	0.00	0.00	1200.00
	Group III	0.00	0.00	1200.00
Day 5	Group I	0.00	0.00	600.00	0.573 ns
	Group II	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Group III	0.00	0.00	1200.00
Day 6	Group I	0.00	0.00	0.00	1 ns
	Group II	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Group III	0.00	0.00	0.00
Day 7	Group I	0.00	0.00	0.00	1 ns
	Group II	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Group III	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	Group I	600^b	0.00	3000.00	0.002
	Group II	1200^b	0.00	4800.00
	Group III	4200^a	600	6000.00

Significance level: ; significant; ns = nonsignificant.