Oral manifestations in HIV+ children in Mozambique/Manifestacoes orais em criancas HIV, em Mocambique

The scope of this study was to identify the prevalence of oral manifestations in HIV+/ AIDS patients at the DIA Pediatric Hospital of Maputo. All 90 patients were included in the research. Data on dental caries (dmft/DMFT index), soft tissues and saliva flow were analyzed. Information on diet and hy...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva 2012-01, Vol.17 (1), p.55
Main Authors: Sales-Peres, Silvia Helena de Carvalho, Mapengo, Marta Artemisa Abel, de Moura-Grec, Patricia Garcia, Marsicano, Juliane Avansine, Sales-Peres, Andre de Carvalho, Sales-Peres, Arsenio
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Summary:The scope of this study was to identify the prevalence of oral manifestations in HIV+/ AIDS patients at the DIA Pediatric Hospital of Maputo. All 90 patients were included in the research. Data on dental caries (dmft/DMFT index), soft tissues and saliva flow were analyzed. Information on diet and hygienic habits was obtained in a semi-structured questionnaire. The t-student and chi-square tests were used for statistical assessment. The most frequent oral lesion was candidiasis (5.5%) and upon further oral examination the prevalence of parotid enlargement was 23.0%. The mean dmft 2.6 (SD 3.6) was considerably higher in relation to DMFT of 0.6 (SD 1.6), and the differences between them were statistically significant (P
ISSN:1413-8123
1678-4561