Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2016
Parents of a 6-year-old boy complain of his high body temperature, decrease of his general well-being, painful swelling of the right cheek. Objectively: the skin is pale, the face is asymmetric due to swelling of the soft tissues of the right cheek. The maxillary alveolar process is bilaterally thickened in the area of the 55, 54 and 53 teeth, painful on palpation, these teeth are partially destroyed by caries, mobile (II-III-degree), their dentogingival pockets produce pus. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Odontogenic buccal phlegmon from the 53, 54, 55
- Acute odontogenic albuminous maxillar periostitis from the 53, 54, 55
- Acute odontogenic purulent maxillar periostitis from the 53, 54, 55
- Odontogenic buccal abscess from the 53, 54, 55
- Acute odontogenic osteomyelitis from the 53, 54, 55
Correct answer
Acute odontogenic osteomyelitis from the 53, 54, 55
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