Question 202 · LDEK · Immature permanent teeth
Patient aged 7 comes to the dental surgery. On clinical evaluation, in tooth 16 a deep lesion with pulp exposure was found. The mobility of the tooth was increased, there was oedema and sinus located in the root area. Indicate the diagnosis and the optimal mode of treatment:
- A. reversible pulpitis, method of treatment: pulpotomy and apexogenesis.
- B. reversible pulpitis, method of treatment: pulpectomy and apexification.
- C. irreversible pulpitis, method of treatment: pulpotomy and apexogenesis.
- D. necrosis of the pulp, method of treatment: pulpotomy or pulpectomy and apexification.
- E. necrosis of pulp, method of treatment: pulpectomy and apexification, or extraction.
Hint
A sinus tract, swelling and mobility tell you the pulp status; the roots of tooth 16 at age 7 are still immature.
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