Allergy to a Common Component of Resin-bonding Systems: A Case Report

From Volume 27, Issue 9, November 2000 | Pages 432-434

Authors

M.M. Moore

BDS, FDS RCS(Ed.), FFD RCS

Senior House Officer in Oral Medicine, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School

Articles by M.M. Moore

F.J.T. Burke

DDS, MSc, MDS, MGDS, FDS RCS(Edin.), FDS RCS, FADM

Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, Glasgow

Articles by F.J.T. Burke

D.H. Felix

BDS, MB ChB, FDS RCS(Eng.), FDS RCPS(Glas.), FDS RCS(Ed.)

Consultant in Oral Medicine, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School

Articles by D.H. Felix

Abstract

Allergies to materials routinely used in dentistry are becoming more prevalent. The hydrophilic resin 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate is a common constituent of systems designed to bond resin-based restorative materials to dentine. It has been considered to have a high sensitizing potential, although dental patient-related allergies to the resin appear to be rare. This report presents details of a patient who has such an allergy, which, it is suspected, manifested as an intra-oral lichenoid reaction to the closely approximating anterior restorations.

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