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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2008

A 13-year-old child has been suffering from pain in the left inferior molar induced by cold stimuli for several months. Objectively: on the masticatory surface of the 37 tooth there is a carious cavity with overhanging enamel edges filled with circumpulpar dentin. The cavity is filled with light softened dentin. Probing of the cavity floor is somewhat painful. Cold stimuli cause short-term pain. Make a provisional diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Chronic median caries
  2. Acute deep caries
  3. Chronic fibrous pulpitis
  4. Chronic deep caries
  5. Acute median caries
Correct answer

Acute deep caries

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