Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2016
A week ago an 18-year-old girl complained of pain in the 22 tooth which was treated and filled several years ago. Over the past two days the pain increased. Objectively: the 22 tooth is filled, percussion is painful, mucous membrane is hyperaemic and edematic. Spot-film roentgenograph of the 22 tooth shows an ill-defined periapical bone rarefaction 0,4x0,5 cm large. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Acute maxillary periostitis
- Suppuration of the radicular cyst
- Acute purulent periodontitis of the 22 tooth
- Acute odontogenic osteomyelitis
- Exacerbation of chronic periodontitis of the 22 tooth
Correct answer
Exacerbation of chronic periodontitis of the 22 tooth
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