Question 56 · LDEK · Caries in children

Indicate the characteristic features of caries in deciduous teeth:

1) rapid development from initial to further stadium of caries, constant and rapid development of disease;
2) in short time pulp complications may occur;
3) there are fewer caries lesions in lower molars than in upper ones;
4) caries lesions most often occur symmetrically on both sides of the arches;
5) in first molar tooth, caries lesions are most often observed on the mesial aproximal side.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,2,4.
  2. B. 1,2,3.
  3. C. 1,3,5.
  4. D. 1,4,5.
  5. E. 2,3,4.
Hint

Think of the thin hard tissues and large pulp of primary teeth, and which molar surface faces the broad mesial surface of the second molar.

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