Endodontics · single question
A tooth is painful to biting and percussion and has a periapical radiolucency. The periapical diagnosis is:
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Correct answer: A. Symptomatic apical periodontitis
- A. Correct. Pain to biting/percussion plus an apical radiolucency defines symptomatic apical periodontitis.
- B. Incorrect. 'Asymptomatic' would have a radiolucency but no pain to percussion.
- C. Incorrect. Reversible pulpitis is a pulpal (not periapical) diagnosis without percussion pain.
- D. Incorrect. Normal tissues are non-tender with a normal PDL.