Question 238 · LDEK · Dental trauma in children
Pain as a reaction to tooth tapping in horizontal and vertical directions, in the case of a tooth after trauma may indicate:
- A. exposure of the pulp.
- B. damage to the dental ligaments.
- C. enamel-dentine fracture of the tooth crown.
- D. fracture of enamel covering the crown.
- E. A and C are true.
Hint
Percussion loads the tooth's supporting tissues rather than the crown or the pulp.
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