Japundzic I, et al. - Researchers evaluated the allergic and nonallergic contact dermatoses by different methods amongst dental professionals and dental students, more specifically, reactions to natural rubber latex (NRL), rubber additives, and other causative factors. As per data, latex (7%) or rubber additives (4.8%) were seen in only a small number of the subjects. Therefore, in dental professionals and students, self-reported contact dermatoses (during NRL product use), as is often assumed, are not commonly caused by allergies to latex and rubber additives, but by other factors.