title: Dental complications after treating patients with AIDS.
abstract: Post-procedural complications were assessed for 331 patients with AIDS after a wide range of outpatient dental procedures. Only patients with a CD4+ cell count < or = 200 cells/mm3 were included. Patients' charts were reviewed retrospectively by the treating dentist. The overall complication rate was 0.9 percent.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Program, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19140.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Abel
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Muzyka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: DeLorenzo
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012534:Dental Scaling / Q000009:adverse effects; D004368:Dry Socket / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D006472:Oral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D009957:Oroantral Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects; D014945:Wound Healing