Glutaraldehyde and contact dermatitis.

Contact dermatitis in dentistry

Contact dermatitis can affect dentists, orthodontists, technicians, nurses and the patients. The increase of dental patients in recent years caused an increase in reports of dermatitis and other allergies in patients and in dentists too. With changes in dental materials through years, allergy and contact reactions in persons in contact with new allergens had been increased. So dentists and derm...

Contact Dermatitis

A contact or exogenous dermatitis is one in which an external irritant is the m?st important cause; but a constitutional factor undoubtedly also plays a part, and accounts for the fact that only a certain proportion of a community, in contact with the same irritant, develops dermatitis. Most cases of contact dermatitis clear up quickly when the irritant is removed, but in some the rash persists...

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Occupational Contact Dermatitis to Formaldehyde and Glutaraldehyde and their Co-Reactivity in Dental Professionals

Background: In dental practice concomitant exposure to formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde is a common occurrence. The objective of the study is to evaluate the incidence of occupational contact dermatitis to formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde in dental professionals and the manifestation of co-reactivity. Methods and Results: This study involved 78 participants (30 dental professionals and 48 referen...

Allergic and Irritant Contact Dermatitis

Contact dermatitis: clinics and pathology.

Contact dermatitis or eczema is a polymorphic inflammation of the skin. It occurs at the site of contact with irritating or antigenic substances. In the acute phase there is occurrence of itching erythema, papules, and vesicles, whereas in the chronic phase there is dryness, hyperkeratosis, and sometimes fissures. Contact dermatitis can be divided into irritant and allergic types. Allergic cont...