Question 79 · LDEK · Immature permanent teeth
In the extensive class I carious lesion in tooth 16 of an 8-year-old child, the dentist found a hypertrophic tissue with a red and smooth surface, bleeding but not painful on probing. Which of the following are possible diagnoses?
1) gum polyp;
2) pulp polyp;
3) pulp necrosis;
4) proliferative pulpitis;
5) chronic granulomatous pulpitis.
The correct answer is:
2) pulp polyp;
3) pulp necrosis;
4) proliferative pulpitis;
5) chronic granulomatous pulpitis.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2.
- B. 1,3,4.
- C. 1,3,5.
- D. 2,4,5.
- E. 2,3,5.
Hint
Consider tissue growing from an exposed, well-vascularized young pulp in an occlusal cavity, and why gingiva and necrotic pulp do not fit.
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