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Forty-eight denture wearers with detectable levels of candida colonization without clinical symptoms will be randomly allocated into two groups: probiotics and placebo. All patients will take a daily dose of chewable tablets (probiotics or placebo according to the assigned group) for 8 weeks. Samples of mouth rinse will be collected from patients at baseline, 4 weeks from the beginning of the intervention, 8 weeks (the end of intervention), and after another 4 weeks for post-intervention follow up. Samples will be tested for both candida count and candida species identification
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Probiotic group | Experimental |
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| Control group | Placebo Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Probiotic group | Other | Participants will use the probiotic product once daily (1 tablet/day) for 8 weeks |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in candida count | Quantitative culture will be performed from mouth-rinse samples by inoculation onto the surface of Sabouraud dextrose agar plates with chloramphenicol, and subsequent aerobic incubation for 24 to 48 hours at 37°C. | Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Alexandria Faculty of Dentistry | Alexandria | Egypt |
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| Placebo group | Other | Patients will chew placebo products (blueberry tablets) once daily (1 tablet/day) for 8 weeks. |
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