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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2008

A 42-year-old patient complains about tooth mobility, change of tooth position, foul taste, pain during food mastication. Objectively: teeth of both upper and lower jaws are mobile (2-3 degree), there are also diastems and diaereses. Tooth roots are dehisced by 1/2. There are serous purulent discharges from periodontal pockets. Orthopantomogram shows bony tissue destruction down to 2/3 of root length. There are bone pockets. What is the most probable diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Chronic generalized periodontitis (III degree)
  2. Chronic catarrhal gingivitis
  3. Chronic generalized periodontitis (II degree)
  4. Papillon-Lefevre syndrome
  5. Atrophic gingivitis
Correct answer

Chronic generalized periodontitis (III degree)

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