Denture Stomatitis: Mostly a common Problem

It is a  Bipolar disorder of wearing artificial denture

Denture Stomatitis is the pathological reaction of the soft tissues of the denture wearing area. The use of artificial denture is not as easy as it can induce many of the problems to the wearer if its not taken care in the right way..

We can see Denture Stomatitis in 50% of the denture wearers and according to the spread of infection these are classified into categories:

1. Localized simple infection with pinpoint of redness.
2. This is the erythematous type and is generalized that involves almost the entire denture bearing part of the mucosa.This is the type that is seen in conjugation with type I and type II. This type of Denture Stomatitis is granular type and the spread of infection involves the entire ridges along with hard palate.

Type I Denture Stomatitis is usually trauma induced but type II and III are particularly related to increased accumulation of microbes that induces the plaque formation.

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