A 54-year-old lady reports severe pain in the lower left 1st molar after biting on a small piece of spice (Fig.1). The symptom and sign are consistent with crack syndrome. There is periapical radiolucency (*). The neighboring tooth has a chip (>).
Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 01/02/2015, last revision 01/02/2015