Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2011
A 13-year-old girl has been experiencing gingival hemorrhages and frontal teeth mobility throughout the last month. Objectively: gingival mucous membrane in the region of lower incisors and canines is edematic, hyperemic, it bleeds on touch. These teeth present with I degree mobility, parodontal pouches are 3 mm deep. Orthopantomogram shows reduction of bone tissue of interalveolar septa by 1/3 of their height. Frontal teeth of the lower jaw are overcrowded. Hygiene index is 4,2. What local treatment should be provided in the first place?
Answer options
- Orthodontic care
- Antibacterial therapy
- Anti-inflammatory therapy
- Professional hygiene
- Physical therapy
Correct answer
Professional hygiene
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