Author/Editor     Burnik, Špela
Title     Pojav kontaktnih alergijskih reakcij v stomatologiji
Type     monografija
Place     Ljubljana
Publisher     Medicinska fakulteta
Publication year     2003
Volume     str. 41
Language     slo
Abstract     Background In dentistry, there are several products to which dental personnel and dental patients can sensitize. Owing to their occupational exposure, dental personnel are more likely to develop allergy to these substances. Several reports have implicated that this is especially true of acrylates. In recent years there have been some reports on concomitant patch test reactions to nickel and palladium. These reports have indicated a hypothesis that there is a crossreactivity between these metals. This supposition has not yet been proved correct, or disproved. Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a common phenomenon with causal factors which have not yet been clarified entirely. It is manifested as a subjective feeling of sore oral mucous membrane with no clinical symptoms. Some experts suggest that contact allergy could be one of possible causes. Aim and hypothesis We tried to establish whether contact allergy to dental materials was more frequent in dental personnel, in comparison with other people in our research group. We anticipated that it was. By the use of patch test results we wanted to evaluate if there was any correlation between nickel allergy and palladium allergy. We proposed that nickel allergy would occur more frequently in those people who suffer from palladium allergy as compared to other people in our research group. By analysing patch test results and anamnestic data, we wanted to establish the role of contact allergy in burning mouth syndrome. Methods A total of 238 patients who were tested in the Department of Dermatovenereology in Ljubljana on dental allergens in the period 1998-2003 have been included in our study. We got the anamnestic data and patch test results from their medical records. Results Among all the patients tested, 16 had an allergic patch test reaction to acrylates. Seven of them belonged to dental personnel. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters).
Descriptors     BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME
DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT
NICKEL
PALLADIUM
ACRYLATES
PATCH TESTS