A tooth with a 3 month history of pain, which was worse when hot liquid were in mouth. After extraction, the tooth was split open. The pulp chamber was completely filled with pus. A few remnants of pulp tissue were found in apical end. The condition is:__________?
Correct answer: C. Suppurative pulpitis
- A. Acute partial pulpits
- B. Acute total pulpits
- C. Suppurative pulpitis
- D. Strangulation of pulp
Explanation
Pus filling the pulp chamber with only small remnants of tissue at the apex indicates suppurative pulpitis, in which infection and liquefactive destruction involve most of the pulp. The three-month thermal pain history supports progressive inflammatory pulp destruction rather than simple partial pulpitis.
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