Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2015
A 40-year-old female patient complains of short-term pain in the 34th tooth caused by thermal stimuli. Objectively: the distal surface of the 34th tooth has a carious cavity localised in the circumpulpar dentin. The walls and floor of the cavity are softened, faintly pigmented; probing of the floor is slightly painful. Cold stimulus causes pain that ceases when stimulation stops. What is the most probable diagnosis?
Answer options
- Chronic fibrous pulpitis
- Chronic deep caries
- Acute median caries
- Chronic median caries
- Acute deep caries
Correct answer
Acute deep caries
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