title: [Diabetes mellitus and Candida albicans].
abstract: According to Salomon, diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease caused by inadequate insulin action. As a syndrome, it could come in practice in many different forms. This disease, from genetic aspect presents a very heterogeneous phenomenon. For that reason a research of oral cavity tissue in diabetic patients presents a very complex problem from the scientific point of view. Truly, in the research today there are controversial cognition about relationship between diabetes mellitus and oral cavity diseases: diabetic stomatopathy, oral candidiasis, alterations of oral mucosa and periodontia. In this paper a special aspect is given to the research of incidence of candidiasis which is the result of contamination of all other pathological alterations in oral cavity.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za bolesti usta, Stomatoloski fakultet Sarajevo.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dedić
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Masić
mesh_terms: D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D006801:Humans