Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2012
A 13-year-old girl complains about frequent falling out of a filling in the 21 tooth. It is known from the anamnesis that 2 years ago she underwent treatment on account of a dental trauma. Objectively: a transverse defect of 1/3 of the crown in the 21 tooth. Percussion is painless. Tooth colour is unchanged. X-ray picture shows that root canal is filled by 1 mm from the apex, filling material closely fits the walls of root canal. What stomatological tactics should be chosen?
Answer options
- The root apex should be resected
- The defect should be restored with photopolymer
- The tooth should be crowned with an artificial crown
- The tooth should be extracted
- The root canal should be refilled
Correct answer
The defect should be restored with photopolymer
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