Permeability of medical gloves to mono- and dimethacrylate monomers in dental restorative materials.
Dental personnel manually handle methacrylate-based restorative materials, which can cause skin irritation and allergies. The protection given by different types of medical gloves is not well known. Breakthrough time (BTT, min) was used as a measure of protection according to a European standard, using 2 test mixtures consisting of respectively 3 and 5 monomers. Fourteen gloves representing natural rubber latex, synthetic rubber, and synthetic polymeric material were tested. The BTT ranged from some minutes to more than 2 hrs for the 4 monomers with a molecular mass less than 300. The longest protection was recorded for Nitra Touch (nitrile rubber), Tactylon (synthetic rubber), and Metin (PVC).
Lönnroth
Emma-Christin
EC
Department of Human Work Science, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden. emma@arb.luth.se
Ruyter
I Eystein
IE
D003764:Dental Materials / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D017575:Gloves, Protective; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D009664:Norway; D016272:Occupational Health; D010539:Permeability
D003764:Dental Materials; D008689:Methacrylates