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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2020

A 6-year-old child complains of a pain and edema in the upper right jaw, body temperature up to 37,9°C, and deterioration of general well-being. Symptom onset was 3 days ago. Objectively, the face is asymmetrical due to soft tissue edema of buccal and infraorbital regions on the right. The crown of 54 is destroyed by 1/2, percussion is painful; the tooth previously had been treated for complicated caries. On the palatine side of the affected tooth area there is a painful infiltration with fluctuation in its center; the tissues over the infiltration are hyperemic. Make the provisional diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Exacerbation of chronic periodontitis of 54
  2. Chronic odontogenic osteomyelitis of the maxilla
  3. Acute odontogenic osteomyelitis of the maxilla
  4. Acute serous periostitis of the maxilla originating from tooth 54
  5. Acute suppurative periostitis of the maxilla originating from tooth 54
Correct answer

Acute suppurative periostitis of the maxilla originating from tooth 54

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