Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2016
A patient addressed a dental surgeon with complaints of increased body temperature up to 37,6°C, swelling of the soft tissues, pain in the 65 tooth, which aggravates upon touching it with its antagonist tooth. On examination there are hyperemy and smoothing out of the mucogingival fold of the alveolar process in the area of the destroyed 65 tooth. What diagnosis is most likely?
Answer options
- Parodontal abscess
- Acute serous periodontitis
- Exacerbation of chronic periodontitis
- Acute odontogenic osteomyelitis
- Acute odontogenic purulent periostitis
Correct answer
Acute odontogenic purulent periostitis
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