Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2013
A patient consulted a dental surgeon about fever up to 37,6°C, soft tissue swelling, pain in the 47 tooth on the lower jaw on the left, the pain is getting worse when the tooth is touched by the antagonist. Objectively: mucogingival fold of the alveolar process is hyperemic and flat on the vestibular side of the decayed 47 tooth. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Periodontal abscess
- Acute purulent odontogenic periostitis
- Acute serous periodontitis
- Acute odontogenic osteomyelitis
- Exacerbation of chronic periodontitis
Correct answer
Acute purulent odontogenic periostitis
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