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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2009

A patient complains of pain and swelling in the right submandibular area. She has been treating the 45 tooth for a week. Objectively: body temperature is 38°C. There is a painful tense infiltration in the right submandibular region. The skin doesn't make a fold, its hyperemic and glossy. The mouth can be opened by 3 cm. Deglutition is painless. These clinical findings correspond with the following disease:

Answer options

  1. Abscess of the right alveololingual groove
  2. Acute odontogenous sialoadenitis
  3. Odontogenous phlegmon of the right submandibular region
  4. Adenophlegmon of the right submandibular region
  5. Phlegmon of pterygomandibular space
Correct answer

Odontogenous phlegmon of the right submandibular region

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