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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2023

A 30-year-old woman came to a dentist with complaints of an unpleasant bursting sensation in her upper right tooth. Heat makes this sensation worse. Objectively, the masticatory surface of tooth 17 has a deep carious cavity that communicates with the pulp chamber. Docp probing is painful. Percussion of tooth 17 is mildly painful. X-ray shows slight widening of the periodontal fissure at the root apices Electric pulp testing-70 microamperes. What diagnosis can be made in this case?

Answer options

  1. Chronic gangrenoux pulpitis
  2. Exacerbation of chronic granulating periodontitis
  3. Chronic fibrous pulpitis
  4. Acute purulent pulpitis
  5. Chronic fibrous periodontitis
Correct answer

Chronic gangrenoux pulpitis

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