Same pregnant asthmatic patient — she forgot her inhaler at home. How do you treat the pericoronitis?

Correct answer: A. Reschedule until patient has inhaler available

• A. Correct. Given her recent asthma attack (1 week ago) and the absence of her rescue inhaler, rescheduling until she has her inhaler available is the safest approach to ensure she has rescue medication on hand in case of an asthma exacerbation during treatment.
• B. Proceeding without her rescue inhaler available poses unnecessary risk if a bronchospasm episode were to occur during treatment.
• C. Nitrous oxide is not a substitute for having rescue asthma medication available and does not address the underlying safety concern.
• D. Treating without addressing pain/infection management appropriately is not the correct approach to this question (the issue is the missing inhaler/asthma safety net, not avoiding all treatment indefinitely).