PMID- 17502708
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070731
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0970-9290 (Print)
IS  - 0970-9290 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 2
DP  - 2007 Apr-Jun
TI  - Greater severity and extent of periodontal breakdown in 136 south Indian human 
      immunodeficiency virus seropositive patients than in normal controls: a 
      comparative study using community periodontal index of treatment needs.
PG  - 55-9
AB  - Apart from the more or less distinctive forms of periodontal disease associated 
      with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome there 
      remains considerable uncertainty as to whether or not conventional destructive 
      periodontitis is exacerbated in HIV positive individuals. This is especially so 
      in developing countries, from which few studies have been reported. The present 
      study compared the severity and extent of periodontal break down in 136 HIV 
      positive individuals from Chennai, South India, with 136 age-matched controls 
      from the same low socio-economic and ethnic group. All surfaces of all teeth were 
      scored for the community periodontal index of treatment needs (CPITN). 
      Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS package. The results of the present 
      study show that CPITN is a simple, useful technique to assess periodontal status 
      in immunosuppressed patients and that periodontitis is associated with 
      immunosuppression and oral candidiasis. The assessment of periodontal statuscould 
      thus be a useful tool in minimally invasive screening of populations for HIV 
      disease, especially in those parts of the world, like India and Africa, with high 
      prevalence and rising incidence.
FAU - Ranganathan, K
AU  - Ranganathan K
AD  - Department of Oral Pathology, Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India. 
      ran2@vsnl.com
FAU - Magesh, K T
AU  - Magesh KT
FAU - Kumarasamy, N
AU  - Kumarasamy N
FAU - Solomon, Suniti
AU  - Solomon S
FAU - Viswanathan, R
AU  - Viswanathan R
FAU - Johnson, Newell W
AU  - Johnson NW
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Indian J Dent Res
JT  - Indian journal of dental research : official publication of Indian Society for 
      Dental Research
JID - 9202990
MH  - AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*diagnosis
MH  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/complications
MH  - Adult
MH  - CD4 Lymphocyte Count
MH  - Candidiasis/complications/diagnosis
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Dental Care for Chronically Ill/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Dental Health Surveys
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/*complications
MH  - *HIV Seropositivity
MH  - Health Services Needs and Demand/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Male
MH  - Matched-Pair Analysis
MH  - Periodontal Diseases/complications/*diagnosis
MH  - *Periodontal Index
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Statistics, Nonparametric
EDAT- 2007/05/16 09:00
MHDA- 2007/08/01 09:00
CRDT- 2007/05/16 09:00
PHST- 2007/05/16 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/08/01 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/05/16 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.4103/0970-9290.32420 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Dent Res. 2007 Apr-Jun;18(2):55-9. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.32420.