MANAGEMENT OF TOOTHACHE
OBJECTIVE:
To manage a patient with a toothache.
Answer Folder
( A – D )
TRIGGER D:
A 10-year-old boy with a toothache. The toothache was noted three days ago on the left lower area. The pain was becoming more and more intolerable. There was no history of injury.
Examination of the mouth shows a cavity in the left lower second molar.
D-Q-1.1. What do you think is the cause of the TOOTHACHE?
If the above data constitute the pertinent symptoms and signs of the patient, what will be your clinical diagnosis?
D-R-1.1. Toothache secondary to dental caries in the left lower second molar.
D-Q-1.2. Explain the pathophysiology of your answer in D-Q-1.1.
D-Q-1.3 Using your in D-Q-1.1, how do you assess the certainty of your clinical diagnosis? Choose between quite certain and uncertain?
D-R-1.3. QUITE CERTAIN.
D-Q-1.4 Using your answers in D-Q-1.1 to D-Q-1.3, do you need a paraclinical diagnostic procedure for this patient?
Explain your answer.
D-R-1.4 NO. Because I am quite certain of my clinical diagnosis.
D-Q-1.5 What are some paraclinical diagnostic procedures that can be done for a patient with a toothache?
Enumerate the procedures.
Describe how they are usually done.
Describe and compare the usefulness and limitations of each kind of procedures.
How do you usually interpret the findings on the paraclinical diagnostic procedures?
D-R-1.5 X-ray procedures
Monitoring or observation.
· Pls. go back to Trigger Folder and work on TRIGGER E.
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