Factors predisposing to oral yeast infections

Abstract

The discussion of factors predisposing to oral yeast infections is very important, and we can ask: what is primary and what is secondary? Without predisposing factors it is difficult to have oral yeast infection, and a yeast infection may also be the first sign of a developing basic illness. As long as the predisposing factors cannot be eliminated, recurrences of oral yeast infections are to be expected. We can say that local and systemic factors permit this micro-organism to cause disease and that it is extremely rare to find a case of oral candidosis in which one or more of these factors cannot be identified. There are many kinds of lists in the textbooks and some review articles in the literature, but more research is needed for better understanding of factors predisposing to oral yeast infections.

Candida and Oral Candidosis: A Review

“…Oksala (1990), in a review of literature of the factors predisposing to oral candidal infection, listed those shown in Table 3. These are discussed below.…”

“…Yeasts are demonstrable in 78 to 100% of patients with denture-induced Odds, 1988;Kostiala, Kostiala and Kahanpaa, 1979;Petersen, 1984;Oksala, 1990. stomatitis (Olsen, 1974). However, in microbiological studies of patients with denture-induced stomatitis, yeast counts usually constituted less than 1% of the total microbial counts.…”

Candida albicansMutants Deficient in Respiration Are Resistant to the Small Cationic Salivary Antimicrobial Peptide Histatin 5

“…A comprehensive analysis of publications on oral yeast carriage revealed that the frequency of C. albicans in the oral cavity ranges between 2 and 69% (median, 24.5%) in healthy adults and between 41 and 54% (median, 44.0%) in infants of ages between 1 week and 18 months (24). Various systemic and local factors such as malnutrition, immunodeficiencies, endocrine disorders, malignant diseases, radiation therapy, xerostomia, and denture wearing can predispose humans to Candida infections (24,26,33).…”

Avaliação da estomatite protética em portadores de próteses totais

“…devem ser bem avaliadas para orientar o paciente quanto ao uso e cuidado de suas próteses totais 3,8,10,20 . Observamos, após a instalação de novas próte-ses totais, a dificuldade dos pacientes na fala, mastigação, deglutição, postura e sorriso em virtude da retenção dinâmica.…”

“…O exame semestral torna-se necessário para avaliação das mesmas e da cavidade bucal como prevenção e controle dos fatores locais 11,16 . Concordamos também com outros estudos que a etiologia da EP possa ter uma base multifatorial, uma vez que ao se analisar isoladamente fatores funcionais e qualitativos das próteses totais, estes foram insignificantes para a ocorrência dessa patologia 1,3,20 . Apesar da diminuição atual de desdentados, ainda há uma grande demanda à reabilitação bucal por prótese total 5 .…”