From: Management of pain in oral lichen planus patients: a comparative pilot study
Corticosteroids (n = 12) | Laser (n = 12) | P value (between groups) | |||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Time | |||||
Pre-treatment | 6.8a | 0.9 | 7.0a | 1.8 | 0.807 |
Post-treatment | 0.9b | 1.0 | 3.9b | 3.0 | 0.020* |
Follow-up | 0.8b | 1.0 | 1.5b | 0.7 | 0.333 |
P value (within group) | 0.024* | 0.043* |