Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2012
A 35-year-old patient complains of progressing throbbing pain in the 26 tooth. Objectively: the 26 tooth has a carious cavity filled with softened dentine, tooth cavity is closed, probing of the cavity floor is painless, percussion causes acute pain. There is I grade tooth mobility. Roentgenological changes are absent. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Acute diffuse pulpitis
- Exacerbation of chronic periodontitis
- Acute serous periodontitis
- Acute purulent pulpitis
- Acute purulent periodontitis
Correct answer
Acute purulent periodontitis
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