title: Drug allergies and implications for dental practice.
abstract: Adverse reactions to medications prescribed or administered in dental practice can be worrying. Most of these reactions are somewhat predictable based on the pharmacodynamic properties of the drug. Others, such as allergic and pseudoallergic reactions, are generally unpredictable and unrelated to normal drug action. This article will review immune and nonimmune-mediated mechanisms that account for allergic and related reactions to the particular drug classes commonly used in dentistry. The appropriate management of these reactions will also be addressed.
authors.affiliation: Associate Director of Education, General Dental Practice Residency, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio.
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000009:adverse effects; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000009:adverse effects; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation; D020315:Latex Hypersensitivity; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010406:Penicillins / Q000009:adverse effects; D053210:Pharmaceutical Preparations, Dental / Q000009:adverse effects*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D002511:Cephalosporins; D010406:Penicillins; D053210:Pharmaceutical Preparations, Dental; D002245:Carbon Dioxide