Question 13 · LDEK · Immature permanent teeth
During the examination of an 8-year-old patient the dentist found a large carious lesion of class I in tooth 16, and in it the presence of an extensive tissue with a red and smooth surface, bleeding and painless on probing. The cause of this condition may be:
1) polyp of gum;
2) polyp of pulp;
3) pulp necrosis;
4) proliferative pulpitis;
5) chronic granulomatous pulpitis.
The correct answer is:
2) polyp of pulp;
3) pulp necrosis;
4) proliferative pulpitis;
5) chronic granulomatous pulpitis.
The correct answer is:
- A. only 1.
- B. 1,2,4.
- C. 1,2,5.
- D. 1,3.
- E. 2,4,5.
Hint
An occlusal class I cavity is far from the gingival margin, so think what living tissue can grow out of a widely open young pulp.
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