Barriers in Providing Dental treatment to HIV/AIDS Patients
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 6
Abstract
HIV/AIDS is a pandemic, affects globally. There are millions of people in this world who lives with HIV/AIDS, some are unaware of their disease. Health care including oral health care is essential for them. Even though, the chance of transmitting HIV in dental setting is less, but the lack of knowledge about proper infection control and poor management of the HIV patients will lead to a risk of transmission. This article discuss about the barriers in providing treatment to HIV/AIDS infected patients and standard procedures to be followed when treating such patients.
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Neenu S, Vasudha Sharma, Padma K. Bhat, Priyanka 4Alashetty
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