A 15-Year-Old Patient Has a Numb Lower Lip and Pain

Multiple Choice

A 15-year-old patient has a numb lower lip and pain in the right posterior mandible. A radiograph shows slight thickening of the periodontal membrane space of tooth no. 30. The tooth shows slightly reduced vitality to electric pulp testing. Which of the following should be included in a differential diagnosis?

A) Periapical cyst
B) Periapical granuloma
C) Traumatic bone cyst
D) Benign odontogenic neoplasm
E) Malignancy