Question 601 · LDEK · Irrigation and intracanal medicaments
Indicate true statements regarding antibiotic-corticosteroid products used in root canal treatment:
1) they reduce inflammatory exudate;
2) they increase the permeability of blood vessels;
3) they suppress inflammatory reactions;
4) they increase macrophage activity;
5) they exhibit antibacterial action only in direct contact with microorganisms.
The correct answer is:
2) they increase the permeability of blood vessels;
3) they suppress inflammatory reactions;
4) they increase macrophage activity;
5) they exhibit antibacterial action only in direct contact with microorganisms.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2,3.
- B. 2,3,4.
- C. 3,4,5.
- D. 1,3,5.
- E. 1,4,5.
Hint
Consider the anti-inflammatory effects of a corticosteroid on vessels and immune cells, and how a topically placed antibiotic acts.
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