PREVALENCE OF NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY AMONG SAUDI DENTAL PATIENTS IN THE RIYADH AREA: a preliminary study

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  • Nabeel Fouad Talic
  • Abdulaziz Al Mudhi
  • Adel Al Enzy2, Fawaz Al Qahtani

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https://doi.org/10.7213/aor.v3i3.23129

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Nickel hypersensitivity, Dental patients, Saudi, Riyadh City.

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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of nickel hypersensitivity in a sample of Saudi dental patients in Riyadh City. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Nickel sensitivity patch testing was performed on a 100 consecutive Saudi patients (50male, 50female) attending the dental clinics at the college of dentistry, King Saud University. The data were analyzed using a t-test to detect differences between males and females. The significance level was set at < 0.05. RESULTS: Out of 100 subjects, 88 (45males and 43 females) completed the test by attending the interpretation and photography follow-up examination. A total of eight subjects (9.1%) developed a reaction toward nickel, five females (11.6%) and three males (6.7%). There was no statistically significant difference between males and females. Relative risk for females over males was 1.7. CONCLUSION: Nickel hypersensitivity does exist in Saudi dental patients. Females are more likely to develop a hypersensitivity to nickel.

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2007-11-28

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Talic, N. F., Mudhi, A. A., & Qahtani, A. A. E. F. A. (2007). PREVALENCE OF NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY AMONG SAUDI DENTAL PATIENTS IN THE RIYADH AREA: a preliminary study. Archives of Oral Research, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.7213/aor.v3i3.23129

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