Metal Allergy: A Case Report

Abstract

Allergies related dentistry generally constitutes delayed hypersensitive reactions to specific dental materials. Dental materials are wildly used in applications that place them into contact with oral tissues for many years with the development of new dental materials questions remain about their biologic safety. Restorative materials used in dentistry are in close contact with the living tissues, namely dental hard tissues, intraoral epithelium and connective tissue and may react with the organism and cause allergic or toxic reactions in time. Therefore, it is also important to know the biological effects of these materials besides their mechanical and physical properties. Several materials, such as nickel, cobalt and resin materials have relatively high potential to cause allergy. This article presents allergic effects of fixed prosthetic dental materials.