Endodontics · single question
What is the periapical diagnosis (no swelling or abscess present)?
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Correct answer: B. Symptomatic apical periodontitis
- A. Asymptomatic would not be tender to percussion.
- B. Correct. Tenderness to percussion without swelling/abscess = symptomatic apical periodontitis.
- C. An acute apical abscess has swelling/purulence — explicitly absent here.
- D. A chronic apical abscess drains via a sinus tract — not described.