Question 222 · LDEK · Primary teeth
During the preparation of a caries lesion in the asymptomatic tooth 75 in a 5-year-old child, it came to dental pulp exposure. In a presented case the treatment of choice will be:
- A. direct pulp capping with a non-setting calcium hydroxide paste.
- B. direct pulp capping with a hard setting calcium hydroxide paste.
- C. direct pulp capping with MTA.
- D. pulpotomy.
- E. pulpectomy.
Hint
Consider the condition of the coronal pulp when exposure occurs during removal of carious tissue in a primary molar.
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