Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2017
A 7-year-old boy came to a dental surgeon with complaints of painful swelling of his right cheek and high body temperature. Objectively the body temperature is 38,2°C, facial asymmetry caused by the right cheek edema, no skin discoloration, skin can be pinched in a fold, no mouth opening reduction. In the oral cavity the mucogingival fold in the area of the 84 and 85 teeth is smoothed out, the fold is hyperemic, fluctuation is observed. The 85 tooth is destroyed by cariosity, painless on percussion.Make the diagnosis:
Answer options
- Odontogenic abscess of the buccal area originating from the 85 tooth
- Acute odontogenic albuminous mandibular periostitis originating from the 85 tooth
- Acute odontogenic mandibular osteomyelitis originating from the 85 tooth
- Acute odontogenic suppurative mandibular periostitis originating from the 85 tooth
- Suppuration of the periapical cyst of the 85 tooth
Correct answer
Acute odontogenic suppurative mandibular periostitis originating from the 85 tooth
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