Oral carriage of Candida species in patients visiting the Medunsa Dental Clinic.

148 Healthy adults visiting the Medunsa Dental Clinic were screened for the presence of oral candida species. Fifty-three per cent of these subjects harboured candida with a higher prevalence in females (61 per cent) than in males (44 per cent). Candida carriage was not significantly influenced by plaque or gingival indices. There was no significant difference in prevalence between smokers and non-smokers in the group as a whole, but smoking males showed a significantly higher prevalence than non-smoking males (p < 0.05).