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Table 2 Area and degree of inflammation and degree of pain in both groups at different intervals

From: Evaluation of the effect of ozonated water in treatment of denture stomatitis associated with removable prosthetics

 

1st Week

2nd week

3rd Week

4th Week

p-Value

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Area of inflammation

Group I (Chlorhexidine MW)

2.88a

0.33

2.12b

0.44

1.44bc

0.51

1.08c

0.28

 < 0.0001*

Group II (Ozonated water)

2.84a

0.37

2.04b

0.45

1.24bc

0.78

1.04c

0.79

 < 0.0001*

P value

0.9

0.68

0.46

0.92

     

Degree of inflammation

Group I (Chlorhexidine MW)

2.76a

0.52

2.16ab

0.47

1.56b

0.51

1.36b

0.49

 < 0.0001*

Group II (Ozonated water)

2.68a

0.56

2.12ab

0.44

1.36bc

0.81

1.28c

0.68

 < 0.0001*

P value

0.67

0.87

0.62

0.83

     

Degree of pain

Group I (Chlorhexidine MW)

3.64a

0.57

2.68ab

0.48

2.04bc

0.61

1.52c

0.51

 < 0.0001*

Group II (Ozonated water)

3.40a

0.58

2.44b

0.58

1.96bc

0.54

1.36c

0.57

 < 0.0001*

p Value

0.14

0.18

0.81

0.43

 
  1. Means with different superscript letters (capital per raw/small per column) were significantly different as p ≤ 0.05.
  2. Means with the same superscript letters (capital per raw/small per column) were insignificantly different as p > 0.05.
  3. M mean, SD standard deviation.
  4. *Highly significant difference as p < 0.001.