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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

  1. Periodontal abscess
  2. Acute purulent odontogenic periostitis
  3. Acute serous periodontitis
  4. Acute odontogenic osteomyelitis
  5. Exacerbation of chronic periodontitis
Correct answer

Acute purulent odontogenic periostitis

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