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Fortunately not, re latex.

The last dental crown I had turned into a fiasco, though. The dentist and his assitant, using their latex-gloved hands, were packing the deep insides of the tooth before placing the crown on it and I asked if they could tell me why my jaw was swelling up so much. This startled them, and upon checking, they realized this was true. I could smell clove and asked -- never dreaming that I was smelling it because they were packing it onto my tooth root -- why I smelled clove. They said they pack that in because it helps soothe the nerve, etc. I said, "I'm allergic to clove."

LOL they flipped out. Wanted to know why I hadn't told them this before they started. It wasn't my first crown at this dental office, but it was the first time they'd use clove oil. I politely explained that it never came up before. They were a bit unhappy because they had to undo a lot of work to get to the clove oil and get all traces of it out, because they couldn't risk the results (and didn't want to remove a cemented-in crown in an emergency night call, I'm sure!).

I think they may have changed their procedures after that, to ask patients about a clove allergy.

You ever heard of anyone being allergic to cloves?