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Periodontal health and HIV infection
Author(s) -
Robinson PG,
Sheiham A,
Challacombe SJ,
Zakrzewska JM
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
oral diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.953
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1601-0825
pISSN - 1354-523X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-0825.1997.tb00349.x
Subject(s) - medicine , periodontal disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , etiology , oral health , dentistry , family medicine
Despite a large amount of research of periodontal health seen in HIV infection, much remains to be learned. Very few large controlled studies of infected people at settings not self‐selected for oral disease have been reported, and few have investigated the necrotising periodontal diseases described in HIV infection. In this paper we present a brief review of three approaches to identify periodontal changes associated with HIV infection and identify possible aetiological factors for them. First, we summarise the methods and findings of a controlled blinded study of the periodontal health of homosexual men attending a genito‐urinary medicine clinic. Second, we précis a case‐control study of gingival ulceration among patients at a dedicated dental clinic. Finally, we outline how the validity of diagnostic criteria for HIV‐associated periodontal changes were tested against the data collected in the controlled study.