Question 10 · LDEK · Diagnosis
A 63-year-old patient reports with severe pain of tooth 43. The pain, lasting for about 2 weeks, arises while consuming warm food. A clinical examination reveals: tooth 43 no pain on percussion, normal reaction to ethyl chloride. No pathological changes on radiograph. The most probable diagnosis is:
- A. irreversible pulpitis with vital pulp.
- B. pulp necrosis (pulp gangrene).
- C. acute apical periodontitis.
- D. chronic apical periodontitis.
- E. dentine hypersensitivity.
Hint
Combine the trigger (heat), the normal cold response, the lack of percussion pain and the normal radiograph.
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