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The Effect of Dentures’ Overnight Soaking in Distilled Water: A Mycological Pilot Study

  •   Georges Aoun
  •   Pamela Aoun
  •   Wissam Sharrouf

International Journal of Pathogen Research, Volume 11, Issue 1-2, Page 14-18
DOI: 10.9734/ijpr/2022/v11i130262
Published: 16 September 2022

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Introduction: In order to keep their dentures clean and properly stored, patients generally soak them in water at night. Candida albicans is a commensal yeast fungus that colonizes dentures, and in some conditions, it becomes an opportunistic pathogen and causes fungal infections known as candidiasis.

Objective: This pilot study aimed to evaluate the effect of distilled water on Candida albicans colonizing dentures.

Materials and Methods: Twenty patients (9 men, 11 women; age range 40-75 years) with complete maxillary dentures infected by Candida albicans were included in this study. The dentures of these patients were soaked in distilled water for 4 days (8 hours at night). Swab samples from the dentures were collected before and after distilled water use and examined mycologically.

Results: The Candida albicans colony counts increased after soaking the dentures in distilled water for 8 hours for 4 days.

Conclusion: Patients should be dissuaded from soaking their dentures overnight in distilled water as the result is a significant increase in fungal colonization.

Keywords:
  • Candida albicans
  • denture
  • distilled water
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Aoun, G., Aoun, P., & Sharrouf, W. (2022). The Effect of Dentures’ Overnight Soaking in Distilled Water: A Mycological Pilot Study. International Journal of Pathogen Research, 11(1-2), 14–18. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijpr/2022/v11i130262
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