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:

  1. A. code 3 by ICDAS II.
  2. B. code 4 by ICDAS II.
  3. C. code 5 by ICDAS II.
  4. D. P4 by WHO.
  5. 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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