Correlation between number of dental amalgam restorations and severity of oral mucositis after head-neck radiotherapy | Journal of Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery

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Table III

Correlation between degree of mucositis and pain and radiation dose per session and total radiation dose and the number of amalgam restoration.

		Radiation dose per session	Total radiation dose	Number of amalgam restoration
Degree of mucositis on second examination	P-value	0.013	<0.0001	0.589
Degree of mucositis on second examination	Correlation coefficient	0.276	0.393	0.061
Degree of mucositis on third examination	P-value	0.032	<0.0001	0.808
Degree of mucositis on third examination	Correlation coefficient	0.240	0.445	–0.028
Degree of pain on second examination	P-value	0.006	<0.0001	0.329
Degree of pain on second examination	Correlation coefficient	0.303	0.387	0.110
Degree of pain on third examination	P-value	0.007	<0.0001	0.921
Degree of pain on third examination	Correlation coefficient	0.300	0.438	0.011

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