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Glycaemic disorders in denture stomatitis
Author(s) -
Vitkov Ljubomir,
Weitgasser Raimund,
Lugstein Alois,
Noack Michael J.,
Fuchs Karl,
Krautgartner Wolf Dietrich
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1999.tb02111.x
Subject(s) - stomatitis , medicine , diabetes mellitus , impaired glucose tolerance , dentistry , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology
The prevalence of glycaemic disorders was investigated in native Upper‐Austrians with Candida‐associated denture stomatitis. All patients with previously unknown diabetes mellitus were subjected to an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and as a result diabetes was diagnosed in 13% of the patients over 50 years of age. Thirty‐five percent of all inspected patients over 50 years of age with denture stomatitis had type 2 diabetes mellitus and 36% had impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). The correlation between Candida‐associated denture stomatitis and diabetes mellitus indicates a means for the early diagnosis of diabetes. Hyperglycaemia could not be a predisposition to denture stomatitis, since all patients with denture stomatitis in the age‐bracket 26–50 years were without diabetes and only very few of the older patients with diabetes were obese. The correlation between Candida‐associated denture stomatitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus could be traced back to a reduced resistance to Candida that preceded the diabetes.