Question 85 (part 2) · LDEK · Trauma to permanent teeth
A 13-year-old patient experienced a subluxation of upper central incisor 5 years before. Presently, the patient reported due to yellow discoloration of the crown, without pain. Clinical examination revealed decreased pulp reaction to vitality tests. Radiographic image shows most probably:
- A. advanced external inflammatory resorption.
- B. tooth chamber obliteration.
- C. replacement resorption.
- D. oval expansion of the chamber.
- E. internal inflammatory resorption.
Hint
Ask why a crown becomes more opaque and yellow years after a luxation injury while the tooth stays symptom-free.
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