title: Reaction to intraocular penetration of bentonite.
abstract: A 20-year-old dental assistant had a severe case of anterior segment inflammation believed to be caused by bentonite, a component of Prophypaste. The patient's clinical course as well as animal studies, implicated bentonite as the offending agent.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001546:Bentonite / Q000633:toxicity*; D003726:Dental Assistants; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D001546:Bentonite