Question 379 · LDEK · Periapical diseases
A patient comes to the dental office with painful tooth 44, in which a resin composite restoration was placed a week ago. The initial diagnosis is: symptomatic apical periodontitis. Which of the following symptoms is not observed in this case?
- A. pain on mastication.
- B. mild spontaneous pain.
- C. pain on percussion.
- D. elevation of the tooth in the socket.
- E. draining intraoral sinus.
Hint
Distinguish signs of an acute process with periodontal ligament edema from the sign of a chronic suppurative lesion that has found a drainage route.
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