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Identification of Candida Albicans Infection on Denture Wearing According to the Sex and Type of Denture Base Materials | ||
| Tikrit Journal for Dental Sciences | ||
| Volume 8, Issue 2, December 2020, Pages 59-63 PDF (294.11 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.25130/tjds.8.2.3 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Wasan Mohammed Alsewidi1; Ibrahim H. Alfahdawi* 2 | ||
| 1(1) Asst. Lect. Department of Biology, Alfarabi University College, Iraq. | ||
| 2(2) Asst. Prof. Department of Dentistry, Alfarabi University College, Iraq. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Oral Candidiasis is a wide opportunistic infection of the mouth due to an overgrowth of Candida species, the most being Candida albicans. Its harmless commensally organism inhabiting the mouth, but it will change into a pathogen, invade tissue, and cause acute and chronic diseases. The predisposing factor for infection with Candida was dentures in about sixty-five percentages of older peoples who are wearing full upper dentures. Objective: This research aims to determine the sex distribution of fungal infection in corresponding with fungal infection among groups (acrylic and metal denture base). Patients &Methods: Sixty-eight patients attend the private dental clinic were subjected to usual dental treatment. They were divided into two groups: group 1: included 43 (24 females and 19 males) with acrylic denture base wearers. As well as, group 2: metal denture base wearers in 25 (10 females and 15 males). Questionnaire Paper to determine demographic data include, if patient take any fungal or antibiotic or not (treated and non treated) and would obtain from the patients by including sex, age, and nocturnal wear. Result: The results in this study found that the prime etiology of Candida growth was the prosthesis materials itself. Sixty-five percent of the wearers of dentures showed Candida growth, while thirty-five percent of patients who had their dentitions showed Candida growth that the appliances are the dominant etiological factors in the growth of Candida other local factors should be considered. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fungal infection denture wearing denture | ||
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