Question 102 · LDEK · Diagnosis
The following description “Dark shade of dentine placed under locally fractured or intact enamel, the change looks like a dark surface with intact enamel or can also show a local fracture of enamel (wherein loss of continuity of enamel does not reveal the dentine), shade of dentine is more visible on a wet surface of tooth, the shade is connected with discoloration (color: grey, blue or brown) caused by caries, which shines through the enamel” concerns a primary caries lesion located in pits and fissures that can be categorized as:
- A. code 3 by ICDAS II.
- B. code 4 by ICDAS II.
- C. code 5 by ICDAS II.
- D. P4 by WHO.
- E. loci 1, stadium 3, by Lasfargues and Louis classification.
Hint
Recall the ICDAS scale and which code describes an underlying dentine shadow without exposed dentine.
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