Endodontic Treatment in Cases of Allergic Reaction to Rubber Dam.

The oral cavity is a complex area to handle with about thirty-two teeth, highly vascular tongue, oral mucosa, and gingival. It becomes challenging for the clinician to handle a single tooth in focus with patients movement of vascular tongue and especially in very apprehensive subjects. Hence rubber dam has proved to be a boon not only protecting the tongue, mucosa, and gingiva but also increasing the point of focus for the clinician. Secondly, it reduces infected aerosol procedures thus protecting the clinician and the attendee. Sometimes rarely patients do have allergies to latex or rubber dam and they are not aware. Hence the clinician must ask for leading questions to rule out latex allergy. If the subject does have a latex allergy modifications are required before the treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]