Groups Number of
patients
Mean (SD),
min
t-test
(df = 88)
P-value
Anaesthesia and
extraction onset time
Articaine regimen 45 2.98 (1.98) 2.22 0.03a
Mepivacaine regimen 45 4.22 (3.17)

aStatisticaly significance, P = 0.03, independent sample t-test.
SD = standard deviation; df = degree of freedom.