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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2011

A 14-year-old child complains of bleeding and pain during eating in the lower right molar. Objectively: the medial contact and masticatory surfaces of the 46 tooth exhibit a large carious cavity filled with red tissue. Superficial probing causes pain and moderate bleeding. Deeper probing causes acute pain. Percussion is painlessl. What is your provisional diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Chronic hypertrophic pulpitis
  2. Chronic fibrous pulpitis
  3. Chronic granulating periodontitis
  4. Chronic papillitis
  5. Chronic gangrenous pulpitis
Correct answer

Chronic hypertrophic pulpitis

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