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 | 19.9a | 8.9 | 27.5a | 10.7 | 0.096 |
Post-treatment | 6.3b | 4.1 | 14.1b | 8.9 | 0.036* |
Follow-up | 5.0b | 1.9 | 11.0b | 2.9 | 0.067 |
P value (within group) | 0.004* | 0.038* |