ORAL CANDIDOSIS IS AN URGENT PROBLEM OF DENTISTRY OF THE XXI CENTURY
Candidiasis is an infectious disease induced by Candida albicans. According to figures from the World Health Organization (2005), up to 20% of the world population at least once in a lifetime had various forms of Candida infection. The number of the disease-infected is constantLy mounting. inclusion of antibiotics without accompanying antimycotic therapy in the complex therapy of bacterial infections results in the progress of the disease. At a young age the acute forms and by older persons chronic forms of the infection are found. The success of the treatment depends on the professional prescription of optimal antifungal agent, the individual approach to each medical case and compliance of the patient with all recommendations enforced by the doctor.