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A 9-year-old child complains of dull pain in a tooth, which increases when the tooth is pressed. One month ago the tooth was treated for pulpitis. Objectively: the 36th tooth is filled; percussion is sharply painful; mucosa is hyperemic, swollen. X-ray imaging does not show any changes. What is the most probable diagnosis?

Answer options

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

Acute serous periodontitis

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