Document 2970
 DOCN  M94A2970
 TI    Experience on 584 HIV+ patients of a dental referral center.
 DT    9412
 AU    Silva Junior A; Ferreira S; Perez MA; Brilhante E; Camillo R; Torres S;
       Dental School/NESC/UFRJ, Brazil.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):183 (abstract no. PB0162). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369605
 AB    INTRODUCTION: To describe oral lesions most commonly seen in HIV+ as
       well as their most relevant social features. METHODS: 584 HIV+ patients
       charts were reviewed from a dental clinic. Full medical history was
       obtained and an intraoral exam was performed on the first day of
       admission. Data such as education, profession, risk activity, age, sex,
       marital status, oral lesions, CDC classification and place of residence
       were collected. RESULTS: Most were males (85.3%), mean age was 34.1
       years (SD = 8.7), most were single (77.7%), living far away from our
       referal center (87.0%) and had high school degree (39.2%). 316 (54.1%)
       patients had at least one oral lesion. Most common lesions found were
       pseudomembranous (65.8%) and atrophic (27.8%) candidiasis, angular
       cheilitis (19.6%) and hairy leucoplakia (17.4%). Periodontal and
       gengival disease were seldomly seen (6.3%). Most patients (78.7%) were
       classified as group IV and 97.9% of these had oral manifestations.
       CONCLUSIONS: Brazil has no epidemiological data on dental care available
       for HIV+ patients. Our data stresses the paramount importance of the
       linkage between medical and dental personnel in the diagnosis and
       clinical management of HIV infection.
 DE    Adult  AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Brazil/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Cross-Sectional Studies  Dental Care/TRENDS
       *Developing Countries  Female  Health Services Needs and Demand/TRENDS
       Human  HIV Seropositivity/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Incidence  Male  Middle Age
       Mouth Diseases/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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