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The impact of cigarette/tobacco smoking on oral candidosis: an overview
Author(s) -
Soysa NS,
Ellepola ANB
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
oral diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.953
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1601-0825
pISSN - 1354-523X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2005.01115.x
Subject(s) - oral cavity , medicine , saliva , cigarette smoke , dermatology , tobacco smoke , oral microbiology , cigarette smoking , oral mucosa , immunology , dentistry , environmental health , biology , pathology , bacteria , genetics
Smoking is associated with a variety of changes in the oral cavity. Cigarette smoke has effects on saliva, oral commensal bacteria and fungi, mainly Candida , which causes oral candidosis, the most common opportunistic fungal infection in man. How cigarette smoke affects oral Candida is still controversial. This brief overview is an attempt to address the clinical findings on the relationship between smoking and oral candidosis and possible mechanisms of pathogenicity.