title: Operating gloves. The good and the bad.
abstract: The use of gloves in all types of dentistry has been a major benefit to both patients and dentists. However, operating gloves are not without challenges. Tight ambidextrous gloves can produce significant and debilitating hand pain; latex allergies are a problem for many dental personnel and patients; and the disagreeable taste; odor and powder of some brands of gloves has frustrated both professionals and patients. In spite of the challenges that glove use poses, it offers many advantages--foremost among them the protection of patient and dentist alike from infection.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Associates, 3707 N. Canyon Road, Suite No. 7A, Provo, Utah 84604, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D007839:Functional Laterality; D005932:Gloves, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D020315:Latex Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology