ORAL FINDINGS IN PEDIATRIC AIDS - A CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN BRAZILIAN CHILDREN

A cross-sectional study was performed to verify the oral status in for ty-one-children, four months to twelve years old, with antibodies anti -HIV detected by ELISA and Western-blot, in comparison to children wit h no risk for AIDS. Intraoral and extraoral examinations were performe d, and dental and medical history was also obtained. Representative or al findings in AIDS group were cervical lymphadenopathy (53.7 parent), pseudomembranous candidosis (22 percent), angular cheilitis (9.8 perc ent), parotid enlargement (7.3 percent), erythematous candidosis (4.9 percent), and ulcers (4.9 percent). Control group included only two ch ildren with cervical lymphadenopathy. Considering the mean values for dmft and DMFT, there were no statistically significant differences (St udent's t test) between the two groups (p<0,05). While oral soft-tissu e lesions were frequently observed in HN antibodies in seropositive ch ildren, dental caries could not be associated primarily with AIDS.