Abstract

NAZCO RIOS, Caridad et al. Enfermedad periodontal en pacientes infectados por el VIH. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2002, vol.39, n.1, pp. 17-23. ISSN 1561-297X.

An epidemiological descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 22 HIV seropositive patients admitted at the Provincial Sanatorium of Villa Clara aimed at determining the prevalence and severity of the periodontal disease, its relationship with the clinical stages of the HIV infection, the lymphocitary population, the oral hygiene and the acute infections of the studied group. Most of the patients were between 20 and 29 years old; whereas males were the most affected. There was a prevalence of the periodontal disease of 100 %. The advanced destruction was the most serious lesion (13.6 %) in patients from the group II of the disease caused by HIV and the gingivitis with pocket was the most common (86.45 %). Oral hygiene was deficient in all individuals that were examined. The aphthous stomatitis was the most frequent acute infection. There were no forms of periodontal diseases associated with HIV. The figure of immunocompetent individuals reached 68.2 % (a mild immunodepression).

Keywords : PERIODONTAL DISEASES; HIV; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; GINGIVITIS; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS.

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