Susann Forkel, Steffen Schubert, Lisa Corvin, Guido Heine, Claudia C V Lang, Eva Oppel, Claudia Pföhler, Regina Treudler, Andrea Bauer, Mathias Sulk, Birger Kränke, Knut Schäkel, Annice Heratizadeh, Margitta Worm, Jana Witte, Johannes Geier, Timo Buhl
BACKGROUND: Concerns regarding contact allergies and intolerance reactions to dental materials are widespread among patients. Development of novel dental materials and less frequent amalgam use may alter sensitization profiles in patients with possible contact allergy. OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed at analysing current sensitization patterns to dental materials in patients with suspected contact allergy. METHODS: This retrospective, multicentre analysis from the Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK) selected patients among 169,834 patients tested in 2005-2019, and registered with (i) an affected area of 'mouth' (and 'lips'/'perioral'), (ii) with the dental material in question belonging to three groups: dental filling materials, oral implants, or dentures or equivalents, and (iii) were patch-tested in parallel with the German baseline series, (dental) metal series, and dental technician series...
December 20, 2023: British Journal of Dermatology