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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2014

A 34-year-old patient complains of intense, tearing, throbbing pain in the 17 tooth, which appeared for the first time and persists for 4 days. Percussion causes acute pain in any direction, the tooth is mobile, the mucosa around the 17 tooth is hyperemic and edematous; palpation of the mucogingival junction causes acute pain. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Acute suppurative periodontitis
  2. Exacerbation of chronic periodontitis
  3. Localized periodontitis
  4. Acute serous periodontitis
  5. Acute suppurative pulpitis
Correct answer

Acute suppurative periodontitis

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