[Improper use of antimycotics in oral diseases]

Antimycotics are the drugs of choice in the treatment of mycotic infections including oral candidiasis. Furthermore their complementary use in the treatment of oral conditions in which Candida albicans is implicated aetiopathogenically is also effective. However, according to the results of a retrospective study based on a random sample of 1000 cases from the files of the Oral Pathology Clinic of the Dental School of the University of Athens, it became apparent that these drugs are used either by patients themselves or prescribed by dentists and physicians for a broad spectrum of oral diseases.