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A Delayed Hypersensitivity Reaction to a Stainless Steel Crown: A Case Report

  • Yilmaz A1
  • Ozdemir CE1
  • Yilmaz Y1,*,

1Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Atatürk University, 25240 Erzurum, TURKIYE.

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.36.3.d1327wn32361u04n Vol.36,Issue 3,May 2012 pp.235-238

Published: 01 May 2012

*Corresponding Author(s): Yilmaz Y E-mail: yyilmaz25@gmail.com

Abstract

Stainless steel crowns are commonly used to restore primary or permanent teeth in pediatric restorative dentistry. Here, we describe a case of a delayed hypersensitivity reaction, which manifested itself as perioral skin eruptions, after restoring the decayed first permanent molar tooth of a 13-year-old Caucasian girl with a preformed stainless steel crown. The eruptions completely healed within one week after removal of the stainless steel crown. The decayed tooth was then restored with a bis-acryl crown and bridge. Since no perioral skin eruptions occurred during the six-month follow-up, we presume that the cause of the perioral skin eruptions was a delayed hypersensitivity reaction, which was triggered by the nickel in the stainless steel crown.

Keywords

stainless steel crown; delayed hypersensitivity; dental material hypersensitivity

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Yilmaz A,Ozdemir CE,Yilmaz Y. A Delayed Hypersensitivity Reaction to a Stainless Steel Crown: A Case Report. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2012. 36(3);235-238.

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