BARBOSA, Vivian Siqueira; GOMES, Valentina Pereira; PETILLO, Carla Renata    CANABARRO, Antônio. Presence of Candida sp in diseased and healthy sites in patients with Chronic Periodontitis. Rev. Assoc. Paul. Cir. Dent. []. 2014, 68, 2, pp. 160-164. ISSN 0004-5276.

The aim of this study was to verify the presence of Candida sp in sites of patients with chronic periodontitis (CP) and control, to correlate the presence of this microorganism with the presence of the disease. 7 sites were evaluated in 13 CP patients: 3 sites with PC, 3 sites without PC and dorsum of the tongue . 7 patients without disease (control group) were also selected; four sites were evaluated: 3 healthy sites and the dorsum of the tongue. In all sites, sterile paper points were inserted for 30 seconds. In tongue, the point was passed 5 times. Mycological examination was performed in the laboratory of mycology of IPEC / Fiocruz. Of the 20 patients, 8 had fungi; 6 of CP group and 2 of control group. In the evaluated sites, it was found that only 10.71 % and 10.99% of control and CP groups showed Candida, respectively. These differences were not significant (p> 0.05). The most affected sites in the control and CP groups were tongue (66.67 %) and deep sites (50 %), respectively. In conclusion, although the Candida is present in the oral cavity of healthy and PC patients, it is found in different proportions according to the evaluated sites.

: chronic periodontitis; candida albicans; yeasts colony count; microbial.