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A 65-year-old male patient complains of a long-lasting pain in a mandibular tooth on the right. The pain increases on biting. The patient has a history of this tooth treatment for caries. Objectively: the cavity on the masticatory surface of the 36 tooth is filled, percussion causes pain responce. Along the mucogingi-val junction in the projection of the 36 tooth roots there is a fistula with purulent discharge. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Chronic granulomatous periodontitis
  2. Radicular cyst of the mandible
  3. Chronic granulating periodontitis
  4. Exacerbation of chronic periodontitis
  5. Chronic fibrous periodontitis
Correct answer

Chronic granulating periodontitis

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