KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 160 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 31-year-old patient has deep caries of the fifth maxillary tooth on the right. Acute purulent inflammation in the region of the tooth apex has developed. There is marked edema with isolated neutrophils in the perifocal tissues and soft tissues of cheek and palate. Diagnose the pathologic process in the soft tissues of cheek and palate:
- A. Acute suppurative periodontitis
- B. Acute serous inflammation
- C. Phlegmon
- D. Acute suppurative periostitis
- E. -
Hint
Separate the focus at the tooth apex from the surrounding soft tissues, then judge the type of exudate in the cheek and palate from its fluid and cell content.
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