MANAGEMENT OF TOOTHACHE
OBJECTIVE:
To manage a patient with a toothache.
Trigger Folder
( T – D )
TRIGGER D:
A 10-year-old boy with a toothache. The toothache was noted three days ago on the left lower jaw 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-Q-1.2 Explain the pathophysiology of your answer in D-Q-1.1.
D-Q-1.3 Using your answer in D-Q-1.1, how do you assess the centainty of your clinical diagnosis? Choose between quite certain and uncertain.
D-Q-1.4 Using your answer in D-Q-1.1 to D-Q-1.3, do you need a paraclinical diagnostic procedure for this patient? Explain your answer.
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?
· Pls. place your answers in separate sheets of paper and properly labeled as D-R-1.1 to D-R-1.5.
· Then go to A-D in the Answer Folder.
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