Question 269 · LDEK · Complications and errors

Choose the symptoms which usually accompany the perforation made within the root canal:

1) sudden pain;
2) sudden bleeding;
3) swelling of soft tissues;
4) increase a working length indicated by the electronic apex locator in comparison with the working length determined before;
5) change of the position of an endodontic file on the X-ray.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,2,4.
  2. B. 1,3,4.
  3. C. 2,3,4.
  4. D. 2,3,5.
  5. E. 1,2,5.
Hint

Think about what the patient feels, what appears in the canal, and what the radiograph and apex locator show when a file exits through the root wall.

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