Question 56 (part 2) · LDEK · Trauma to permanent teeth
Clinical examination of tooth 11 post trauma revealed crown reddish discoloration, increased mobility, displacement towards the palate, pain at palpation and bleeding from gingival sulcus. Choose most probable posttraumatic injury:
- A. tooth subluxation.
- B. root fracture.
- C. tooth intrusion.
- D. tooth extrusion.
- E. lateral luxation.
Hint
Ask which injury allows the crown to be both displaced and mobile, rather than displaced and locked firmly in bone.
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