[The role of Candida albicans in denture stomatitis]

Denture stomatitis is a clinical inflammatory picture that is seen at oral mucosa of the upper chin of patients who use removable dentures. There are various reasons of denture stomatitis. In order to detect the presence rate of C. albicans on lesions as the most important factor and the factors which effect this situation, 41 patients (31 with denture stomatitis and 10 as controls) were chosen. The smears obtained from the hard palate of the patients were microbiologically investigated. C. albicans was found to be the causative agent in 35.4% of the cultures which have shown growth. The relationship of sex, age and the period of denture usage was investigated in these cases.