Abstract

SANTANA, Yrma et al. Conditions Oral health-disease in patients VIH/SIDA. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2008, vol.46, n.2, pp.135-138. ISSN 0001-6365.

Objective: To identify the conditions of oral health-illness in   patients VIH/SIDA of the Program of sexual transmission of the State Zulia. Venezuela. Materials and methods: study descriptive on a sample of patient (range: 20-58 years. X=36.3 years old) state of the teething, treatment needs periodontal and was evaluated using the criteria OMS, moreover, the dysfunction temporo-mandibular articulation (ATM), and the Index of Hygiene Oral Simplified were determined. The criteria   the International Classification of the buccal lesions associated with the infection by the VIH were use for the diagnosis of the oral   lesions. Resultados: 58.9% the individuals had 5 to more teeth affected by dental caries.  69.9%   required some treatment type. 46.1% had more 2/3 of the clinical crown with dental plaque. The periodontal condition more prevalent was the calculate dental (49.2%). 77.2% of the patients required periodontal treatment. 17.1% of cases had  oral candidiasis, 9,3%  herpes, and 36.6%  aphthous ulcerations. 54.1% of the patients. VIH/SIDA presented xerostomia. Conclusions: deficient conditions of oral health were found in the patients of this study, what propitiates the appearance of infections opportunists that can complicate the patient's general health, this evidences the necessity the answers in the preventive and curative in the programs health oral the part of the Venezuelan State.

Keywords : oral health-illness; HIV/AIDS.