title: [Pulmonary disease in dental laboratory technicians].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The manufacture of dental prostheses exposes the technician to inhalation of various potentially dangerous dusts (silica, hard metals, dental alloys and acrylic resins).
  Inhalation of dusts produced by the technician in the work place may lead to several respiratory disorders (pneumoconiosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, asthma, lung cancer). The continuous development of new materials leads to further manifestations of these disorders and justifies their notification, even in the absence of an accepted occupational disease. This step is taken inconsistently as many dental technicians are not salaried or insured.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The seriousness of some of these disorders and the absence of effective treatment makes it important to develop effective methods of prevention for the protection of individuals and groups, and for early detection.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie et d'Immuno-Allergologie, CHRU, Lille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thorette
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grigoriu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Canut
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sobaszek
authors.forename: A-B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Tonnel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tillie-Leblond
mesh_terms: D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D003800:Dental Technicians; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013674:Technology, Dental