Candida albicans and denture stomatitis: evaluation of its presence in the lesion, prosthesis, and blood.

Abstract

Denture stomatitis is a primarily oral disease that affects denture wearers. The presence of Candida albicans in the palatal mucosa, on the internal surface of the maxillary denture, and in the blood of patients with denture stomatitis was evaluated. Although the results did not show C albicans in the bloodstream of patients, a strong relationship between denture stomatitis and Candida sp was confirmed for both the palatal mucosa and maxillary denture.

• Authors: Carine Ervolino de Oliveira, Thaís Helena Gasparoto, Thiago José Dionísio, Vinicius Carvalho Porto, Narciso Almeida Vieira, Carlos Ferreira Santos, Vanessa Soares Lara
• Journal: The International journal of prosthodontics (Int J Prosthodont) 2010 Mar-Apr Vol. 23 Issue 2 Pg. 158-9 ISSN: 0893-2174 [Print] United States
• PMID: 20305856 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Topics

• Analysis of Variance
• Candida albicans (isolation & purification, pathogenicity)
• Candidiasis, Oral (complications, microbiology)
• Case-Control Studies
• Chi-Square Distribution
• Dental Prosthesis (microbiology)
• Dentures
• Fungemia (complications, microbiology)
• Humans
• Reference Values
• Stomatitis, Denture (blood, etiology, microbiology)