OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and distribution of oral mucosal lesions in a Turkish adult population. MATERIAL AND METHODS Five thousand consecutive patients were examined during routine dental treatment. Some of the mucosal changes were diagnosed solely by clinical examination. When clinical features were not diagnostic, a biopsy was undertaken. Chi-square...

INTRODUCTION Oral lesions have been recognised as prominent features of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection since the beginning of the epidemic. OBJECTIVE This descriptive study was conducted to study the types of oral lesions among HIV-infected patients in Singapore. MATERIALS AND METHODS Oral examination was done on 81 randomly selec...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical lesions of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients in the oral cavity, head and neck region and to determine their associations with level of immune suppression as measured by the CD4+ count. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a descriptive cross-sectional study, 50 patients with a proven HIV infection...

Oral lesions may be found in patients with Crohn's disease (CD), in a percentage up to 20%. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible relationship between Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) and oral lesions in CD patients. 23 oral biopsies were examined performing IS900 Nested PCR; 9 of them were positive: 8 from CD patients and 1 from a control. Our purpose is to go on...

BACKGROUND ral lesions may indicate the presence of HIV infection and may differ in children and adults in different regions. AIM To determine the prevalence, types of oral lesions in HIV positive children and their association with the clinical stage, CD4 count and viral load. METHODS A cross-sectional study involving consecutive HIV positive children whose sero-positive status was confirm...

Diagnosis of peripheral oral exophytic lesions might be quite challenging. This review article aimed to introduce a decision tree for oral exophytic lesions according to their clinical features. General search engines and specialized databases including PubMed, PubMed Central, Medline Plus, EBSCO, Science Direct, Scopus, Embase, and authenticated textbooks were used to find relevant topics by m...

INTRODUCTION The overall prevalence of HIV associated oral lesions among adults has decreased since the advent of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study describes the prevalence and types of oral mucosal lesions in adults, who accepted a dedicated oral and dental programme for HIV-infected patients. The incidence of oral lesions and the CD4 cell counts o...