Assessment of Candida SPP. proliferation in occlusal and palatal splints

Sigmar De Mello Rode,Antônio Olavo Cardoso Jorge,Maria Fernanda Mattos,Jonatas Rafael De Oliveira,Michelle Perreluppi Silva,Renata Pilli Jóias,Ellen Cristina Libonati Seixas

doi:10.14393/bj-v34n2a2018-39543

Abstract

Assessment of Candida SPP. proliferation in occlusal and palatal splints

Highlights

Temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction (TMD) is a complex set of symptoms involving structures surrounding the temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) and masticatory muscle, or both (DE LEEUW, 2008), in association with pain (BENOLIEL; SHARAV, 2008)
Several types of treatment have been suggested in the literature (MINAGI et al, 2001; TSUKIYAMA et al, 2001), such as occlusal splint therapy, drug therapy, surgical therapy, occlusal adjustment, physical therapy and psychological counselling, it is clear that the use of occlusal splints is consecrated for treating muscle TMD
Palatal splints are an alternative to the occlusal ones as the former have the distinction to adjust to the hard palate without interfering occlusion semiadjustable articulator mounting or splint adjustment (MINAGI et al, 2001; HASEGAWA et al, 2007)

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Introduction

Temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction (TMD) is a complex set of symptoms involving structures surrounding the temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) and masticatory muscle, or both (DE LEEUW, 2008), in association with pain (BENOLIEL; SHARAV, 2008). Several types of treatment have been suggested in the literature (MINAGI et al, 2001; TSUKIYAMA et al, 2001), such as occlusal splint therapy, drug therapy, surgical therapy, occlusal adjustment, physical therapy and psychological counselling, it is clear that the use of occlusal splints is consecrated for treating muscle TMD. Associated with human beings and other warm-blooded animals, Candida albicans usually lives in the oropharynx, mouth, skin folds, bronchial secretion, vagina, urine and faeces. The occurrence of this species in water and soil is relatively rare and is related to the contamination of these environments by human beings and animals (LIM et al, 2012)

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