Oral Candidiasis - Highlights

• Candidiasis is one of the most common opportunistic mycotic infection.

• Candida albicans known primarily to cause the disease, is a normal inhabitant of the oral cavity in around 40-60% of healthy individuals.

📝Here are some "Highlights" or a high level overview of Oral Candidiasis

• Pseudomembranous candidiasis also known as thrush is the most common clinical manifestation of candidiasis.

• The white candidal plaques in pseudomembranous candidiasis can be wiped/scraped off with gauze.

• Histologically, hyperplastic candidiasis could manifest with dysplasia.

• Denture stomatitis also called “denture sore mouth” was previously called “chronic atrophic candidiasis”.

• Denture stomatitis mostly occurs on the palate (associated with the maxillary denture) and seldom occurs in the mandibular denture bearing areas.

• Median rhomboid glossitis previously thought to be a developmental disorder, is now known to be caused by a candida infection.

• Associated with HIV, linear gingival erythema was previously called "HIV Gingivitis".

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