How should we advise patients with allergic contact dermatitis caused by (meth-)acrylates about future dental work?

Although acrylic monomers are strong skin sensitizers (1), their corresponding fully cured polymers are considered to be inert. Until recent years, allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylates, the term comprising, in the following, also methacrylates, was primarily an occupational disease among dentists, printers, and fiberglass workers (2). In our practice, there has been a steady increase in the frequency of acrylate allergy in consumers and nail technicians (3) secondary to the increasing popularity of artificial nails and nail varnishes, and we find it challenging how best to advise patients with regard to future dental work involving acrylates, as there are no published data and only a few case reports of allergic contact stomatitis caused by acrylates (4).