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To the Editor: Dental students who use natural rubber latex (NRL) gloves are at risk for sensitization to latex.^1-2 Although use of low-protein powder-free NRL gloves might reduce latex sensitization in these students,² Sussman et al³ failed to show that the incidence of sensitization was related to high protein levels and cornstarch powder.

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With the approval of the local institutional review boards, 103 fifth-year (graduating) students (44 men and 59 women; mean age, 25 years) working in 4 dental consultation services in Paris, France, and 86 clinical dental students (37 men and 49 women; mean age, 22 years) working at Guy's Hospital in London, England, gave informed consent and were included in a study of latex sensitization. In their preceding 22 months of clinical training, the French students had used NRL gloves nearly every day (6 d/wk); the extent of exposure of the English students was more variable but they . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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