Prevalence of comorbidities of dentistry interest and buccal manifestations in HIV positive patients / Prevalência de comorbidades de interesse odontológico e de manifestações orofaciais em pacientes HIV positivos

AUTOR(ES)

Cristiane Barbosa da Silveira

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

HIV/AIDS epidemic lives the end of its third decade followed by important advances in the therapy and life expetancy of the infected patients. With the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV/AIDS was been transformed into a chronic condition that can be managed over time. Consequently, several changes in the general and oral clinical status were observed. Some comorbidities and hematological alterations became more prevalent in this population, while opportunist buccal manifestations had started to be rare. Once Brazilian HIV-positive patients are living more time, is expected that the demand of these patients increases in the dental office. Is important for the dentist to know the current profile of HIV-positive patient, which includes: the associated oral conditions and the most frequent comorbities, specially that ones that demand changes in the dental management. Based on this, the objectives of this research were to identify buccal alterations, comorbidities and hematological alterations, searching for correlation between them, to analize them according to demographic data and immunologic status. For this study, 138 HIV-positive patients of Special Care Dentistry Center of Sao Paulo University (CAPE-FOUSP) were analized prospectively. The presence of comorbidities was related by 92% of the patients. The requested hematological exams disclosed several hematologic alterations, many times unknown by them. At least one HIV-related orofacial manifestation was observed in 54% of the patients. Hairy leukoplakia and oral candidiasis still can be considered important markers of the progression of HIV infection. Xerostomia and dental caries was more often observed in patients with hypertension and psychiatric desorders, respectively, suggesting that they can be buccal markers for these comorbidities.

ASSUNTO(S)

hiv hematologic alterations oral manifestations alterações hematológicas comorbidades comorbidities hiv manifestações orofaciais

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