Oral manifestation of HIV/AIDS.
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and Acquired Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have become a pandemic with about 40 million infected people world-wide. The virus attacks the immune cells resulting in a defective cell-mediated immune response thus exposing the host to opportunistic infections. Oral and peri-oral lesions are often seen in HIV infections and sometimes, appear as the first indicators of the disease. The appearance of these lesions in a known HIV infected person could also be a signal of the deterioration of the infection into a full-blown AIDS. It is therefore necessary that Health care givers should have a good working knowledge of the possible oral manifestations of the disease. This write-up highlights the clinical features and treatment of oral lesions associated with HIV infections.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentisty, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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