Question 147 · LDEK · Complications of extraction

Indicate true sentences concerning the suppurative inflammation of the socket (alveolitis purulenta):

1) it is a confined bone inflammation;
2) local causes of the inflammation are: granular tissue left in the alveolus, calculus, part of the root, traumatization of the alveolus during the extraction;
3) surrounding of the alveolus is not inflammated;
4) it causes severe pain;
5) it can cause the inflammation of lymph nodes.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,3,5.
  2. B. 1,2,4.
  3. C. 2,3,4.
  4. D. 1,2,3,5.
  5. E. 1,2,4,5.
Hint

Picture a socket with a disintegrating, pus-filled clot and inflamed gingiva around it, and consider the regional consequences.

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