title: [Importance of hairy leukoplakia and AIDS to the dentist. (Review of the literature)].
abstract: AIDS is currently one of the most important and concerning diseases for dentists, both general and specialized. This review of the literature makes emphasis on the main biological, epidemiological, diagnostic and prognostic aspects of oral hairy leucoplakia which every dental care professionist should know, as well as the importance of those conditions in the evolutionary course of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ledesma Montes
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Leyva Huerta
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006678:HIV; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000150:complications; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Importancia de la leucoplasia vellosa y el SIDA para el cirujano dentista. (Revisión de la literatura).