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DELIAMAR MONTIEL, MSc  and  VILMA TOVAR, MSc.. Inserción social y perfil de salud enfermedad bucal del paciente con Vih/Sida. Servicio de atención a pacientes con enfermedades infecto contagiosas "Elsa la corte". Facultad de Odontología de la Ucv. Caracas. 2002.(En Elaboración). Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2003, vol.41, n.2, pp.120-124. ISSN 0001-6365.

Abstract This reseach is in evolution process and the discussion that we present is an advance of the results that we have got in 25 patients in the Infectocontagious Diseases Department "Elsa La Corte" at the School of Dentistry from the UCV. Our goal is to relate the HIV/AIDS positive patients with the social groups that they belong to and the bucal indicators CPOS-ceo (caries history indicator in permanent and temporary teeth), IHOS (simplify indicator of oral health) and the main present oral pathologies asociated to HIV/AIDS positive. The preliminary results indicate that the 60% of the examinated patients are between 30 -39 years old , male, with 126 afected dental faces by caries, single, and homosexual in 90%, 28% procedent from high density population urban areas. The 70% of the patients belong to atipic social group 4, that means unemployed or subemployed (Breilh). The most frecuent oral pathologies are: Candidiasis 48 %, Aftas 4 %, Leucoplasia Vellosa 4 %, and Herpes 4 %. Given the social and epidemiologic characteristics that until now we have detected it is necesary to wide the cover of the building and equipment of this important service

Keywords : VIH,; AIDS; social groups,; oral pathologies related to VIH/AIDS.