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
- Abscess of the right alveololingual groove
- Acute odontogenous sialoadenitis
- Odontogenous phlegmon of the right submandibular region
- Adenophlegmon of the right submandibular region
- Phlegmon of pterygomandibular space
Correct answer
Odontogenous phlegmon of the right submandibular region
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