Document 0087
 DOCN  M9490087
 TI    Oral health of pediatric AIDS patients: a hospital-based study.
 DT    9411
 AU    Valdez IH; Pizzo PA; Atkinson JC; University of Colorado School of
       Dentistry, Denver.
 SO    ASDC J Dent Child. 1994 Mar-Apr;61(2):114-8. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94321611
 AB    The prevalence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is steadily
       increasing among American children. The dental needs of these patients
       are significant. This study evaluated the oral health of forty children
       being treated for HIV-infection at the National Institutes of Health
       (NIH). Eight of twenty-two patients in primary dentition (36 percent)
       had baby bottle tooth decay (BBTD). These cases required extensive
       dental restoration usually under general anesthesia. Tooth development
       was delayed in 31 percent of patients. Candidiasis was the most common
       soft tissue abnormality, found in 35 percent of children. Preventive and
       therapeutic dental programs should be instituted to meet the special
       needs of pediatric AIDS patients.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY/
       TRANSMISSION  Candidiasis, Oral/COMPLICATIONS  Child  Child, Preschool
       Dental Caries/COMPLICATIONS  Dentition, Mixed  DMF Index  Female
       Gingivitis/COMPLICATIONS  Human  Hypertrophy  HIV
       Infections/COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY/TRANSMISSION  Male  Mouth
       Diseases/*COMPLICATIONS  National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
       Odontogenesis  Salivary Glands/PATHOLOGY  Tooth Diseases/*COMPLICATIONS
       United States  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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