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ADA NBDE National Board Dental Part II

Category - NBDE II

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A 45-year-old patient complains of constant pain in the amalgam-filled right mandibular second molar that had a root canal four years earlier. You suspect:
  1. Vertical root fracture
  2. Vertical gingiva tears
  3. Extraction infection
  4. Mandibular fracture
Explanation
Answer: A - A 45 year old patient complains of constant pain in the amalgam filled right mandibular second molar that had a root canal four years earlier. You suspect a vertical root fracture. Such factures are most often seen in patients over 40 years of age, in teeth that have undone prior structural changes ( i.e. root canal), and in the mandibular second molar.
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