Antifungal Therapy - 4A
Dental hygienists should also recommend the daily preventive use of chlorhexidine or Listerine® for clients who present with recurring fungal infections and for those at high risk for infection. Prophylactic use of chlorhexidine has been shown to reduce the incidence and severity of fungal infections in clients undergoing cancer chemotherapy and in clients who are immunosuppressed.54, 55, 56, 57, 58 Use of Listerine® has been shown to inhibit the growth of fungal organisms that cause denture stomatitis, on both oral tissues and denture surfaces, and to reduce the associated palatal tissue inflammation.59, 60
