“IDENTIFICACIÓN DE ESPECIES DEL GÉNERO CÁNDIDA, ASOCIADA A PRÓTESIS DENTALES Y SU SENSIBILIDAD A LA CLORHEXIDINA EN EL ASILO SANTA RITA SUCRE 2024”

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to identify Candida species associated with dental prostheses and their sensitivity to chlorhexidine at the Santa Rita Asylum in Sucre in 2024. The study also evaluates the sensitivity to chlorhexidine, the most effective extraction technique to eliminate fungi. The research involves a sampling of adult patients with dental prostheses in Sucre, with the perspective of the growth of Candida fungi in adult patients. The study is descriptive and longitudinal, adopting a quantitative approach, with a sample of 14 adults from the Santa Rita asylum in Sucre. The study uses a voluntary, non-probabilistic sampling technique, with inclusion and exclusion criteria. The research unit is the adult patients who use dental prostheses at the Santa Rita asylum. The variables to be considered include: Presence of Candida, Candida species, Sensitivity to 0.012% chlorhexidine, Sensitivity to 0.12% chlorhexidine. Methods and techniques include a swab sample taken from the mouth, short pre-interviews, and transport of the sample to the laboratory for processing and culture on chromogenic agar for yeast.

The total presence of Candida in the dental prostheses was demonstrated, with a higher percentage of the Candida albicans species with 35.8%, followed by Candida tropicalis with 28.6%, Candida glabrata with 21.4% and Candida krusei with 14.2%. In conclusion, the use of chlorhexidine at a concentration recommended by the commercial brands demonstrates little efficacy compared to the newly formulated concentration after performing the different tests on the prosthesis to eliminate Candida.