Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2009
An 18-year-old student complains of roughness and dryness of mucous membrane of the oral cavity. He always bites uncontrolledly off mucous membrane along the line of teeth joining. The patient suffers from chronic cholecystitis, he is smoker. Hygiene index is 2,3. Objectively: mucous membrane along the line of teeth joining is quaggy, edematic, whitish. What is the leading factor of this disease development?
Answer options
- Habitual biting of mucous membrane of the oral cavity
- Xerostomia
- Unsatisfactory level of oral cavity hygiene
- Smoking
- Somatic pathology
Correct answer
Habitual biting of mucous membrane of the oral cavity
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