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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CANDIDA ALBICANS IN PATIENTS USING COMPLETE DENTURE: A SCOPING REVIEW
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Federal University of Alfenas. Alfenas, MG, Brazil.
State University of Campinas. Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Fiocruz Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil.
Federal University of Alfenas. Alfenas, MG, Brazil.
State University of Campinas. Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Fiocruz Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil.
Federal University of Alfenas. Alfenas, MG, Brazil.
Abstract
Objective: This study undertakes a scoping review of research on epidemiological factors of
Candida albicans in patients using complete denture (CD).
Methods: PubMed, LILACS, Embase, SciELO, Web of Science, and Scopus databases were used.
Searches were conducted in December 2020. Keywords used in this search were Candida
albicans, Complete Denture, Mouth, and Microbiology.
Results: Initially, 89 articles were identified; 19 of these comprised the final sample after
applying the exclusion/inclusion criteria. There was a greater tendency for females to use CD.
In addition, among all samples evaluating the incidence of the fungus (n = 2,724), approximately
44.7% (n = 1,218) had C. albicans-associated prosthetic stomatitis.
Conclusion: Prosthetic stomatitis is a condition that mainly affects women aged 50–70 years
and has a multifactorial predisposition. Also, Newton's classification proposed in 1962 is the
most used for the clinical diagnosis of oral candidiasis. The CD's hygiene status is a crucial factor
for the progression of candidosis, in the same way that the C. albicans fungus plays an important
role in the progression of this pathogenesis in the host.
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