MARTIN ARDILA MEDINA, Carlos; ALZATE VEGA, Juliana    GUZMAN ZULUAGA, Isabel Cristina. Correlation of Candida with smoking, clinical parameters and periodontal pathogens in patients with chronic periodontitis. []. , 14, 6, pp. 1-8. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: the presence of Candida in subgingival plaque of patients with periodontal disease may have clinical and therapeutic implications. Objective: identify the presence of Candida in patients with chronic periodontitis and establish its correlation to periodontal pathogens, clinical parameters and smoking. Method: seventy-six patients with chronic periodontitis were studied. Subgingival samples were processed by culture. Spearman´s nonparametric test was used to determine the correlation between periodontal pathogens, clinical and smoking with the presence of Candida. Results: the prevalence of Candida was 13.2%. Candida albicans was the most prevalent species. There were statistically significant positive correlations between the presence of Candida species with smoking, clinical attachment level and presence of Prevotella melaninogenica. Also found statistically significant negative correlations between the presence of Candida with Fusobacterium nucleatum, Prevotella intermedia / nigrescens and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. Conclusions: the results of this study show a correlation between Candida species and adverse periodontal conditions. The negative correlation and no correlation with some periodontal pathogens, apparently due to its external location in the biofilm, could provide refractory characters to periodontitis with this type of microorganism in subgingival plaque.

: CANDIDA; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS [etiology]; SMOKING; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS [therapy]; ADULT.

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