Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2012
A week ago an 18-year-old girl complained of pain in the 22 tooth which was treated and filled several years ago. Over the past two days the pain got worse. Objectively: the 22 tooth is filled, percussion is painful, mucous membrane is hyperaemic and edematic. Spot-film roentgenograph of the 22 tooth shows an ill-defined pariapical bone rarefaction 0,4x0,5 cm large. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Acute purulent periodontitis of the 22 tooth
- Suppuration of the radicular cyst
- Acute maxillary periostitis
- Exacerbation of chronic periodontitis of the 22 tooth
- Acute odontogenic osteomyelitis
Correct answer
Exacerbation of chronic periodontitis of the 22 tooth
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