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
E
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