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CC BY 4.0 · Eur J Dent 2022; 16(02): 449-453
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1735797
Brief Report

Dentistry and Intensive Care Unit: A Brief Report

Lisiane Cristina Bannwart
1   Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, São Paulo State University, Aracatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
,
Clóvis Lamartine de Moraes Melo Neto 
1   Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, São Paulo State University, Aracatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
,
Daniela Micheline dos Santos
1   Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, São Paulo State University, Aracatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
2   Oral Oncology Center, School of Dentistry, São Paulo State University, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
,
André Luiz de Melo Moreno
1   Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, São Paulo State University, Aracatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
,
Aldiéris Alves Pesqueira
1   Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, São Paulo State University, Aracatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
,
Marcelo Coelho Goiato
1   Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, São Paulo State University, Aracatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
2   Oral Oncology Center, School of Dentistry, São Paulo State University, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
,
André Pinheiro de Magalhães Bertoz
3   Department of Pediatric and Social Dentistry, School of Dentistry, São Paulo State University, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
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Abstract

Objective The aim of this study is to verify whether removable dentures of patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) are niches of microorganisms that can cause pathologies (Staphylococcus aureus, Candida spp., and enterobacteria).

Materials and Methods Fifteen patients who were denture wearers (removable partial denture and complete denture) were included in this study. Patients must wear their dentures daily, and these dentures must have acrylic parts. Microbial biofilm was collected from the acrylic part of one denture of each patient. Then, the biofilm was seeded on different culture media: Sabouraud agar, blood agar, MacConkey agar, and mannitol salt agar. In this study, biochemical evaluations of microorganisms were performed.

Statistical analysis The percentage of dentures with the microorganism identified by each culture medium was calculated.

Results In total, 100% of the dentures were positive for Staphylococcus spp. (blood agar) and Candida spp. (Sabouraud agar); 33.3% of the dentures were positive for S. aureus (Mannitol salt agar); and 13.3% of the dentures were positive for Shigella spp. (MacConkey agar).

Conclusion Removable dentures of patients (removable partial dentures and complete dentures) admitted to an ICU are niches of microorganisms that can cause pathologies.

Keywords

complete denture - intensive care units - removable partial denture - dental prosthesis - cross infection - acrylic resin


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Article published online:
01 December 2021

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