From: Assessment of pain among a group of Nigerian dental patients
Diagnosis | VAS Grading | Total, n (%) | X2 | P value | |||
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No pain, n (%) | Mild, n (%) | Moderate, n (%) | Severe, n (%) | ||||
Acute pulpitis | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.8) | 28 (52.8) | 23 (43.4) | 53 (100.0) | 10.45 | 0.015 |
Acute apical pericoronitis | 0 (0.0) | 4 (4.9) | 40 (49.4) | 37 (45.7) | 81 (100.0) | 17.60 | 0.001 |
Pericoronitis | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | 15 (100.0) | 7.40 | 0.060 |
Chronic marginal gingivitis | 7 (25.9) | 3 (11.1) | 11 (40.7) | 6 (22.2) | 27 (100.0) | 14.76 | 0.002 |
Chronic pulpitis | 1 (4.0) | 7 (28.0) | 6 (24.0 | 11 (44.0) | 25 (100.0) | 10.16 | 0.017 |