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There are four com­mon types of oral can­dida; these types have dif­fer­ent signs. The four com­mon types are:

1. oral thrush — also known as pseudomem­bran­ous oral can­didi­asis,
2. acute atrophic oral can­didi­asis — also known as acute eryth­em­at­ous oral can­didi­asis,
3. den­ture sto­matitis — also known as chronic eryth­em­at­ous oral can­didi­asis and chronic atrophic oral can­didi­asis, and
4. chronic plaque-like oral can­didi­asis — also known as chronic hyper­plastic oral candidiasis.