Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol 125, Issue 3, 296-301
Copyright © 1994 by American Dental Association
Dental complications after treating patients with AIDS
M Glick,
SN Abel,
BC Muzyka,
and
M DeLorenzo
Infectious Disease Program, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19140.
Post-procedural complications were assessed for 331 patients with AIDS after a wide range of outpatient dental procedures. Only patients with a CD4+ cell count < or = 200 cells/mm3 were included. Patients' charts were reviewed retrospectively by the treating dentist. The overall complication rate was 0.9 percent.