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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

  1. Chronic fibrous pulpitis
  2. Chronic deep caries
  3. Acute median caries
  4. Chronic median caries
  5. Acute deep caries
Correct answer

Acute deep caries

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