title: Patch test results of the dental personnel with contact dermatitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Dental personnel have high risk of occupational contact dermatitis. The aim of this study is to detect the materials which cause contact sensitization and the frequency of contact dermatitis by using patch tests with European standard series and dental screening series in dental personnel.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between August 2008 and July 2009, 461 dental personnel working in Ankara (Turkey) were examined and age, gender, previous history of dermatitis, area of the skin affected and clinical diagnosis were noted. About 198 (43%) of the dental personnel were diagnosed contact dermatitis. Sixty-five of the dental personnel accepted to be patch tested.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dental technicians, dentists and dental nurses constitute 69.2%, 24.6% and 6.2% of patch tested 65 patients, respectively. Positive reactions to at least one allergen were detected with European standard series at 20% and with dental series at 10.8% among the dental personnel. The most common allergens were nickel sulfate (12.3%), acrylates (6.1%) and para-tertiary-butylphenol-formaldehyde resin (4.6%). The most common acrylate was ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (3.1%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe our study will be helpful to dermatologists about frequency of contact dermatitis among dental personnel and allergens that cause contact sensitivity for developing new methods to protect the personnel in dentistry against sensitization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Kütahya Evliya Çelebi Education and Research Hospital, Dumlupinar University , Kütahya , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Oguzhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kocak
authors.forename: Ulker
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gul
mesh_terms: D000179:Acrylates / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000485:Allergens / Q000032:analysis; D003726:Dental Assistants; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003800:Dental Technicians; D003813:Dentistry; D003815:Dentists; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000139:chemically induced; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009532:Nickel / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D010328:Patch Tests / Q000379:methods*; D012117:Resins, Synthetic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000179:Acrylates; D000485:Allergens; D003764:Dental Materials; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; C029938:nickel sulfate; D009532:Nickel
keywords: Dental personnel; European standard series; occupational contact dermatitis; patch test