Allergy or Tolerance: Reduced Inflammatory Cytokine Response and Concomitant IL-10 Production of Lymphocytes and Monocytes in Symptom-Free Titanium Dental Implant Patients

Table 1

Characteristics of the blood donors.

Initials	Gender	Age	Ti dental implant		Other dental materials	CMI	Patch test	Smoker	Atopy
			Number	Since
H.T.	m	45	1^a	2006	Crown; ceramic; metal	No	n.d.	No	No
T.B.	m	21	3^b	2007	No	No	n.d.	No	No
K.C.	m	41	1^c	2003	Crown; resin; ceramic	No	n.d.	No	ra
K.H.	m	49	1^d	2009	Crown; ceramic; metal	No	n.d.	No	ra
F.M.	m	56	1^e	2006	Crown; ceramic; metal	No	Negative	No	No
S.R.	f	62	6^f	2005	Crown; ceramic	No	n.d.	No	No
S.L.	f	25	None		Resin; ceramic	Yes	Ni; Lan.	No	No
C.S.	m	23	None		No	No	Negative	No	ra; aa; ae
H.C.	f	23	None		No	No	Negative	No	No
P.M.	f	24	None		No	No	Negative	No	No
G.G.	m	31	None		No	No	n.d.	No	No
S.J.	m	34	None		Crown; resin; ceramic	No	Thiomer; Merc.	No	No
F.T.	f	29	None		No	No	n.d.	No	ra
A.A.	m	34	None		Ceramic; amalgame	No	n.d.	No	ra
F.K.	m	46	None		Crown; metal	No	n.d.	No	ra
N.J.	m	33	None		Crown; resin	No	n.d.	No	No
S.F.	m	23	None		Crown; metal	No	n.d.	No	No
E.R.	f	30	None		No	No	Negative	No	ra; ae; aa
B.P.	f	43	None		Crown; resin; ceramic; metal	No	Negative	No	No
R.C.	f	35	None		Crown; ceramic	No	n.d.	No	No

CMI: cutaneous metal intolerance; aa: allergic asthma; ra: rhinoconjunctivitis allergica; ae: atopic eczema.
Patch test reaction: Ni: nickel; Lan: lanolin; Thiomer: thiomersal; Merc: mercury-II-amidchloride; negative: no test reaction; n.d.: not done.
^a,b,c,d,e,fImplant devices of different manufacturers (details known to the authors) made of pure titanium or TiAlVa alloy.