Question 452 · LDEK · Etiology and classification
A young patient reported to the dentist for conservative treatment of tooth 37. Examination showed soft, reddish, cauliflower-like lesion protruding from vast cavity of the crown. Lesion is currently painless, but patients reports episodes of spontaneous pain in the past. Thermal pulp sensibility test resulted in weakened response to cold. In course of which clinical situation can the above-mentioned lesion develop?
- A. pulp necrosis.
- B. irreversible pulpitis with vital pulp.
- C. reversible pulpitis.
- D. periapical abscess.
- E. periapical granuloma.
Hint
A soft, red, cauliflower-like overgrowth from a large cavity in a young patient is granulation tissue — is the pulp still alive?
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