Interactive Crossword for Correlating Clinical Pulp Diagnosis with Pulp Pathology.

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Across
  1. 3. Vitality test using hot or cold stimulus to assess pulp response
  2. 6. Localized pus accumulation at the root apex causing swelling and pain
  3. 7. Hyperplastic pulp tissue protruding from a large carious exposure in young teeth
  4. 8. Pain on biting due to inflammation of the periodontal ligament from pulpal infection
  5. 9. Epithelial lined cyst arising from long standing periapical inflammation
  6. 11. Chronic inflammatory tissue at the root apex associated with necrotic pulp
Down
  1. 1. Vital pulp with no symptoms and normal response to tests
  2. 2. Examination technique used to detect tenderness or swelling in periapical tissues
  3. 4. Short sharp pain to cold that subsides immediately after stimulus removal
  4. 5. Spontaneous lingering pain aggravated by heat and often relieved by cold
  5. 7. Non-vital pulp with no response to vitality testing
  6. 10. Diagnostic test where the tooth is tapped to detect periapical inflammation