Biomedicine

Abstract

One of the most common potentially malignant disorder is Oral leukoplakia. The word “leukoplakia” means white patch. WHO terms “leukoplakia” as, a white plaque of questionable risk having excluded. Candida is one the most common commensal in the oral cavity, the presence of candida is seen commonly in both normal and patients with pathology alike, but some studies have shown to have an increase in levels of candida in patients with potentially malignant disorders. This case series shows that the levels of Candida has a strong relation with the levels of dysplasia in patients with leukoplakia, out of 3 patients who have been diagnosed with Leukoplakia, 2 have been proven to have the presence of candida with the level of dysplasia being moderate, while there is an absence of candida in patients with mild dysplasia. Since this is a case series, further studies have to be done to prove that candida is present in majority of cases with oral dysplasia.