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- Title
COMPARISON OF CANDIDA COLONIZATION IN ANGULAR CHEILITIS LESIONS BEFORE AND AFTER DENTURE REPLACEMENT.
- Authors
Jafari, Abbas Ali; Lotfi-Kamran, Mohammad Hossein; Falah, Abbas
- Abstract
Introduction and Objectives: Angular cheilitis is deep fissures with ulcerated appearance, which affected angles of the mouth. Decreasing in vertical dimension of face in denture users is one of the predisposing factors for heavily colonization of Candida in the cheek angles resulted angular cheilitis. Correcting the vertical dimension by a new denture replacement can decrease Candida colonization to prevent or improve the angular cheilitis lesions. The aim of this study was to compare the Candida colonization rate in cheek angles before and after replacing new dentures. Materials and Methods: Twenty eight complete denture users with decreased ridge, and outwear complete dentures, who referred for denture replacement, were randomly selected and their lip angles were cultured before and 3 months after replacing their new denture. The Candida colonization rates before denture replacement and after the vertical dimension correction were compared using Mann-Whitney Wilcoxon statistical tests. Results: All samples were heavily colonized before denture replacement, though 3 months after using new denture only few cultures was positive. A significant statistical difference was observed between Candida colonization before and 3 months after denture replacement (P=0.001). Conclusion: These results suggest that long term using of dentures can cause a wide range of Candida colonization in angular cheilitis lesions resulted angular cheilitis. It can be prevented with changing and replacing a new denture to modify the vertical dimension, and improve the angular cheilitis lesions by decreasing of Candida colonization.
- Subjects
CANDIDA; DENTURES; ORAL diseases; FUNGAL colonies; U-statistics
- Publication
Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, 2013, p6
- ISSN
2008-3645
- Publication type
Article