HIV and Periodontal Disease
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:20:49
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 9 pages (2577 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 9 pages (2577 words)
"Periodontal Considerations in the HIV-Positive Patient" by the Committee on Research, Science and Therapy of The American Academy of Periodontology shows a correlation between a worldwide public health problem known as HIV and periodontal disease. This article reviews clinical signs and symptoms, treatments, and the pathogenesis of HIV-related periodontal findings. HIV predominant mode of transmission is thru heterosexual contact. Many of the problems faced by people infected with HIV result from failure of the immune …
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…gt;Periodontal Considerations in the HIV-Positive Patient, Committee on Research, Science and Therapy www.perio.org/resources-products/pdf/14-HIVpatient.pdf
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