Question 364 · LDEK · Primary teeth
The method for endodontic treatment of deciduous tooth pulp disease referred to as ‘disinfection of lesions and tissue repair’:
- A. requires minimal mechanical preparation of the canal, followed by disinfection of the canal using an agent containing calcium hydroxide and filling of the canal with a resorbable paste.
- B. requires disinfecting the canals using a triple antibiotic paste without prior mechanical preparation of the canal, followed by filling of the canal with zinc oxide eugenol paste.
- C. requires applying Formocresol paste to widened canal orifices and filling of the carious lesion.
- D. involves widening of the canal orifices, applying a triple antiobiotic paste to the floor of the chamber and capping it with glass ionomer cement.
- E. should not be used for deciduous dentition.
Hint
Recall the LSTR protocol: where the triple antibiotic paste is placed and whether the canals are instrumented.
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