Abstract

NAPOLES GONZALEZ, Isidro de Jesús; DIAZ GOMEZ, Silvia María; PUIG CAPOTE, Elizabeth  and  ESPESO NAPOLES, Nelia. Candidiasis in patients with stomatitis sub-prosthesis. AMC [online]. 2008, vol.12, n.6, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: When candidiasis is associated with removable prosthesis may induced to the formation of stomatitis sub-prothesis, essentially in non-adjusted appliance and with many years of use. Objective: To determine the prevalence of candidiasis in patients with stomatitis sub-prosthesis. Method: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study at " La Vigía" Teaching Odontology Clinic from January to March 2008 was conducted in 30 patients older than 20 years and from both sexes with stomatitis sub-prosthesis (10 in each clinical degree of the lesion), carriers of removable prosthesis. Results: The microbiological behavior of patients with stomatitis sub-prosthesis showed that not all the affected patients presented candidiasis, only showed its presence in 21 for a 70% of the sample. According to the degree of the lesion this affection was presented in four patients of I degree for a 19.04%, 7 of II degree for a 33.33% and in the 100% of III degree with significant difference among the proportion of patients with Candida of I and II degrees regarding to III degree (p<005). In the study predominated patients with affections of III degree. Conclusions: Not all the patients with stomatitis sub-prosthesis showed Candida albicans. Candidiasis in advanced degrees of the stomatitis sub-prothesis was incremented. The totality of the prosthesis in patients with II and III degree lesions showed Candida albicans.

Keywords : Stomatitis denture; candidiasis oral.

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