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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2013

A 12-year-old girl visited a dentist for a regular check-up. Objectively: the teeth are intact, the bite is open, the mucosa in the papillary and marginal regions is hyperemic and cyanotic, the gingival papillae are roundish, enlarged and cover one third of the crown height of the upper anterior teeth. Make a provisional diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Hypertrophic gingivitis
  2. -
  3. Acute catarrhal gingivitis
  4. Chronic catarrhal gingivitis
  5. Gingival fibromatosis
Correct answer

Hypertrophic gingivitis

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