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ALLERGY\MEDICAL HELP: DENTAL TREATMENT

Anaesthetising injections used in dental treatment are relatively simple chemicals given locally and reaction is rare. If you are concerned, try to avoid having injections unless absolutely essential. If sensitive to water and disinfectants, take your own water with you for rinsing your mouth.

Some people are affected by the mercury in amalgam fillings. Replacement or new fillings of material other than amalgam can be paid for under usual NHS funding if your dentist is willing to do it, but it requires a special letter from your doctor saying that the work is essential. Consult your dentist and doctor.

Other materials used in dental treatment very rarely cause problems, or are used only fleetingly (e.g. in making moulds for braces or dentures). If you think you have become sensitive to your dentures, try changing your denture cleaning material first. If you are sensitive to plastic materials, it is possible to have metal dentures made.

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