ORAL CAVITY: A MIRROR TO HIV MANIFESTATIONS

Abstract

A multitude of oral lesions have been described in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Human immunodeficiency virus infection is a major interest and concern to dentists and other health care workers because of the many varieties of oral lesions often associated with Human immunodeficiency virus infection. Individual’s tested seropositive for Human immunodeficiency virus infections are more susceptible to occurrence of lesions in oral cavity. This review covers the clinical and therapeutics aspects of Human immunodeficiency virus associated oral diseases. Data was collected from detailed search through research and review articles of scientific journals and magazines as well as through Pubmed and National medical library database.