HIV-testing. More questions than answers.
Should all dental patients be screened for HIV antibody status, or should only specific individuals be tested? Will the result of a patient's HIV test change treatment procedures, or is there no advantage to testing patients? Many questions need to be answered prior to institutional HIV testing for dental patients.
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Infectious Disease Center, Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D003219:Confidentiality; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014342:Truth Disclosure