KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 43 · KROK (Dentistry)
After the traumatic tooth extraction a patient is complaining of acute, dull, poorly-localized pain in gingiva, body temperature rise up to 37,5°C. The patient has been diagnosed with alveolitis. Specify the kind of pain in this patient:
- A. Protopathic
- B. Heterotopic
- C. Phantom
- D. Epicritic
- E. Visceral
Hint
Focus on the description of the pain quality: dull, diffuse and poorly localized, and which pain pathway produces such sensations.
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