title: Glycaemic disorders in denture stomatitis.
abstract: 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 Candica-associated denture stomatitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus could be traced back to a reduced resistance to Candida that preceded the diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Dental Clinic Vöcklabruck of Upper-Austrian Gebietskrankenkasse, Austria.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vitkov
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weitgasser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lugstein
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Noack
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Krautgartner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper / Q000009:adverse effects; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000150:complications; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D013282:Stomatitis, Denture / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose