Prevalence of Oral Cavity candidiasis in patients referring to Dental clinic in Zahedan-Iran
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Dental Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
Abstract: Oral cavity infection due to its specific characteristics such as the position of the teeth and entry the different material and also its various activity, exposed to different contaminants. Candida is the common fungal pathogen of oral cavity. The aim of this study was to determine the relative levels of oral Candida infection inpatients referred to department of dental diagnostic center. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 290patients were choosing randomly while doing interview, as well the examination and sampling was done. The samples were prepared from the dorsal surface of the tongue, and were cultured in corn meal agar medium, and in the positive cases, germ tube test was performed to remove Candida albicans from other species. Data were analyzed using chi-square test SPSS software. In70patients (24.1%) Candida was identified. 28cases (40%) were the carriers Candida albicans species, 39infectedpatients (55.7%) were females and31 cases (44.3%) were male. Chi-square tests indicate that there is a direct relationship between age and contamination (P= 0.0002). Also with increasing of plaque index, the accumulation and proliferation of Candida were increased (P=0.035). The most common symptoms reported in infected patients were atrophy of the tongue, burning mouth and median romboid gelosit. Culture positive cases had significant relationship with those how have disease (0.003). Since the clinical symptoms of glossitis median Romboid was remarkable infected patients, further studies to determine the most common clinical sign in this region is necessary for oral Candidiasis. Planning and determine appropriate instructional strategies for promoting oral hygiene and plaque index reduction is necessary. Keywords: oral cavity, Candida albicans, plaque index, median Romboid gelosit, Zahedan, Iran.
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Adel Ebrahimzadeh, Mahdi Zangi Abadi, Khadijeh Saryazdi
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