The predominant microflora of the palatal mucosa in an elderly island population
Autor: | Ake J. R. Möller, Gunnar Dahlén, Lars Eliasson, Guy Heyden |
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Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Staphylococcus aureus medicine.medical_treatment Population Haemophilus Dentistry Sialadenitis medicine Prevalence Bacteroides Humans education General Dentistry Stomatitis Aged Sweden education.field_of_study Denture wearers biology Bacteria business.industry Palate Mouth Mucosa Streptococcus General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Haemophilus influenzae Stomatitis Denture Klebsiella pneumoniae Oral microbiology Female Dentures business Hemophilus Neisseria |
Zdroj: | Acta odontologica Scandinavica. 50(3) |
ISSN: | 0001-6357 |
Popis: | The prevalence and microbiology of macrophotographically documented denture stomatitis were studied in denture wearers participating in an interdisciplinary health-monitoring project (Koster Health Project) on the Koster islands, Sweden. Upper dentures were used by 26.6% of the adult population, and 59.2% of the denture wearers had stomatitis. Denture stomatitis type I was identified as sialadenitis. The more severe forms of denture stomatitis (types II and III) demonstrated increased recovery of microorganisms in the palatal mumsa in addition to sialadenitis. Only one proband showed increased growth of fungi. Hemophilus spp. and Bacteroides spp. were the predominating microorganisms in stomatitis types II and III. Shifts in the normal oral flora are suggested to be an important factor for the development of denture stomatitis. It is concluded that bacterial colonization on the palatal mucosa may play an important role in denture stomatitis in this relatively healthy propulation. □ Denture stomatitis; gen... |
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