Abstract

MORAN LOPEZ, Elena  and  CORDOVA IRUN, Ilenia. Enfermedades bacterianas del periodonto y tejidos adyacentes en el paciente portador de SIDA. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2001, vol.38, n.2, pp. 120-130. ISSN 1561-297X.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is one of the most devastating diseases for the man´s immune system. In the oral cavity of these patients, we may observe uncommon forms of GUNA-like periodontal and gingival diseases, acute pain, hypernemic gums, spontaneous hemorrhage and rapid development of the disease that cause extensive damage to soft and bone tissues. The clinical importance of this condition lies in its linking with a severe suppression of the immune system, with a CD4 cell count under 100 cell/mm3. It is necessary that every dentist recognize the oral manifestations of AIDS in order to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of these patients and to avoid becoming both carriers and transmitters of thes epidemic that, unlike the others, is preventable to a great extent because the responsability for its prevention falls not only on the sanitary authorities but also on every person fundamentally.

Keywords : PERIODONTAL DISEASES [etiology]; BACTERIAL INFECTION [etiology]; GINGIVITIS [etiology]; ADQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME [complications]; ADQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME [transmission]; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ORAL, MANIFESTATIONS; GINGIVAL DISEASE [etiology].

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