Although the tooth #30 has distobuccal root exposure (Fig.1 <), it is asymptomatic.  In contrast the tooth #31 with the distoocclusal caries (*) is symptomatic.  After local anesthesia, scaling & root planing is performed at #30.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 07/24/2017, last revision 03/24/2021