Question 95 · LDEK · Developmental disorders of teeth
Indicate the true sentences concerning dens evaginatus:
1) in the case of a risk of breaking off the cusp, it is recommended to grind it and use a fissure sealant;
2) when the cusp is broken with pulp exposure in a tooth with an open apex, pulpotomy is indicated;
3) it occurs especially in primary dentition;
4) it occurs more often in permanent dentition;
5) another name for this pathology is dilated odontoma.
The correct answer is:
2) when the cusp is broken with pulp exposure in a tooth with an open apex, pulpotomy is indicated;
3) it occurs especially in primary dentition;
4) it occurs more often in permanent dentition;
5) another name for this pathology is dilated odontoma.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,4,5.
- B. 2,3,5.
- C. 1,2,3.
- D. 2,4,5.
- E. 1,2,4.
Hint
Recall which teeth typically carry the extra occlusal tubercle, how it is managed in immature teeth, and how it differs from dens invaginatus variants.
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