Question 300 · LDEK · Primary teeth
The amputation of pulp in milk teeth should be undertaken in a case of:
1) partial irreversible inflammation caused by carious pulp exposure;
2) deep cavity with a visible, plentiful bleeding from exposed pulp, that can be arrested with adrenalin;
3) pulp exposure in an incisor after trauma in 7 year old child who came to the dental surgery at the day of trauma;
4) pulp exposure in an incisor after trauma in 4 year old child who had an tooth injury one day earlier;
5) pulp exposure during the cavity preparation in a tooth that was not a cause of pain;
6) carious pulp exposure when the spontaneous pains in the past lasted only few days.
The correct answer is:
2) deep cavity with a visible, plentiful bleeding from exposed pulp, that can be arrested with adrenalin;
3) pulp exposure in an incisor after trauma in 7 year old child who came to the dental surgery at the day of trauma;
4) pulp exposure in an incisor after trauma in 4 year old child who had an tooth injury one day earlier;
5) pulp exposure during the cavity preparation in a tooth that was not a cause of pain;
6) carious pulp exposure when the spontaneous pains in the past lasted only few days.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,4,5.
- B. 1,2,6.
- C. 1,3,4.
- D. 2,3,6.
- E. 2,5,6.
Hint
Pulpotomy works only if inflammation is confined to the coronal pulp; check each case for signs of radicular involvement or imminent exfoliation.
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