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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2008

A 26-year-old patient complains about a sense of tooth heaviness and pain caused by hot food stimuli, halitosis. Objectively: crown of the 46 tooth is grey, there is a deep carious cavity communicating with tooth cavity, superficial probing is painless, deep one is painful, percussion is painful, mucous membrane has no pathological changes. Make a provisional diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Acute condition of chronic periodontitis
  2. Chronic granulating periodontitis
  3. Chronic gangrenous pulpitis
  4. Chronic concrementous pulpitis
  5. Chronic fibrous pulpitis
Correct answer

Chronic gangrenous pulpitis

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