Application of Tinel’s test combed with clinical neurosensory test distinguishes spontaneous healing of lingual nerve neuropathy after mandibular third molar extraction

Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 4 Assessment of pin prick

	Variations of the 1st and 2nd Tinel's test
	1st → 2^nd	1st → 2^nd	1st → 2nd	1
	Negative → negative	Positive → negative	Positive → positive	p value^*1
2nd pin prick level 0 (%)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	17 (73.9)	< 0.001
1 (%)	2 (28.6)	0 (0.0)	6 (26.1)
2 (%)	5 (71.4)	3 (100.0)	0 (0.0)

The Fisher exact probability test analysis was used to search for correlations between changes in the Tinel test
*¹Student’s t test was employed to determine the differences between the means of the variables measured within test groups