1. Central papillary atrophy of the tongue and denture stomatitis.
- Author
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Farman AG, van Wyk CW, Dreyer WP, Staz J, Thomas CJ, Louw JH, and Bester D
- Subjects
- Atrophy, Candida cytology, Candidiasis, Oral complications, Denture, Complete adverse effects, Humans, Retrospective Studies, South Africa, Stomatitis, Denture microbiology, Tongue Diseases microbiology, Stomatitis complications, Stomatitis, Denture complications, Tongue Diseases etiology
- Abstract
A retrospective study of the epidemiologic data of 4,417 subjects has been undertaken to study the possibility of a link existing between glossal central papillary atrophy (median rhomboid glossitis) and denture stomatitis. Neither the association between glossal central papillary atrophy and denture stomatitis nor the association between glossal central papillary atrophy and denture use was statistically significant. However, the correlation between wearing removable dental prostheses and finding candidal mycelia in smears from these tongue lesions was statistically highly significant. Debilitation caused by general age changes would not appear to predispose to atrophy of the pappillae of the middle portion of the tongue-dorsum.
- Published
- 1978
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