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Table 4 Influence of type of impaction on postoperative swelling and Trismus

From: Effect of age, impaction types and operative time on inflammatory tissue reactions following lower third molar surgery

TYPE OF IMPACTION

SWELLING/mm

Mouth Opening/%

  

DAY2

DAY5

DAY7

DAY2

DAY5

DAY7

Mesioangular

Mean

7.2372

2.6814

.9070

59.4644

65.2314

71.4926

 

N

43

43

43

43

43

43

 

Std. Deviation

5.39210

3.21864

2juoop.04709

19.82389

22.11400

21.36244

Vertical

Mean

6.3261

1.9478

.7435

78.0052

84.9270

93.1578

 

N

23

23

23

23

23

23

 

Std. Deviation

6.06549

2.08324

1.54090

15.42520

15.00169

11.78812

Distoangular

Mean

8.9475

3.2417

1.6750

56.1121

63.0758

69.7213

 

N

24

24

24

24

24

24

 

Std. Deviation

7.23615

4.03570

2.04605

17.48335

23.35297

25.98941

Horizontal

Mean

11.0067

4.5433

4.0200

58.7123

65.4190

71.6787

 

N

30

30

30

30

30

30

 

Std. Deviation

6.41555

4.24408

3.50698

20.75739

19.14016

23.29330

P value

 

.026

.047

.000

.000

.001

.000