DENTAL MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ALLERGIC MANIFESTATIONS.

In the dental office, allergic manifestations can take all forms of immune reactions and are the result of human response to contact with antigens, which are represented by a diverse group of substances, medicine occupying a conspicuous role among them. In the therapeutic arsenal of the physician, there are a number of medicinal substances and materials that may be responsible for triggering allergic reactions: antibiotics, anesthetics, analgesics, iodine substances, acrylic or other synthetic materials etc. On the other hand, the dentist is often faced with oral manifestations of immunological disorders, which may require specific therapeutic conduct and may often become a victim of allergic reactions himself to the different substances he handles. The most frequently encountered type allergic reactions are: skin rash, itching, bronchospasm and less often anaphylactic shock, the most dramatic allergic phenomena encountered in the practice of dentistry.(3) Their incidence is difficult to assess due to their transient nature, without alarming or repetitive symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]