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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2020

An ambulance has delivered an 8-year-old child to an admission room. An oral surgeon has made the following diagnosis: odontogenic phlegmon of the right submandibular area. What surgical approach would be advisable for open treatment of this phlegmon"

Answer options

  1. Dissection along the lower neck fold
  2. Dissection parallel to the torus mandibularis
  3. Dissection around the mandibular angle
  4. Dissection in the submandibular area, parallel to the mandible
  5. Dissection in the area of pterygomandibular fold
Correct answer

Dissection in the submandibular area, parallel to the mandible

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