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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2019

During preventive examination a 40-year-old man presents with the following changes: marginal gingiva is enlarged, torus-shaped, cyanotic, slightly bleeding when touched with a dental probe; there is no pain. Staining the gums with Lugol’s iodine solution results in light-brown coloring of mucosa. Make the diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Chronic catarrhal gingivitis
  2. Chronic hypertrophic gingivitis
  3. Acute catarrhal gingivitis
  4. Exacerbation of chronic catarrhal gingivitis
  5. Generalized periodontitis
Correct answer

Chronic catarrhal gingivitis

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