The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Meet on oral health care of AIDS patients

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Tuesday, Mar 07, 2006

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Meet on oral health care of AIDS patients

Staff Reporter

Three per cent of people with HIV complain of oral problems

CHENNAI: A two-day workshop on oral health care and HIV/AIDS will be held here from March 11 to provide general and information on the disease and managing oral health in people living with HIV/AIDS.

The Indian Dental Association, Madras branch in association with the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society and AVNI Health Foundation, Mumbai, is organising the programme. A person's oral health can help recognise HIV infection early.

In 60 per cent of HIV-infected people one or more lesions are seen. Three per cent of people with HIV complain of oral problems that have subsequently led to diagnosis of HIV infection, say doctors. Yet, little had been done to sensitise them to oral health.

Dental curriculum

The workshop will not only sensitise dentists and oral health care providers but will also highlight the importance of including relevant aspects of HIV/AIDS in the curriculum.

The workshop will provide information on occupational risk and management of post-exposure prophylaxis.

The faculty members includes S.R. Prabhu, Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine Science, University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago and Jeffery Hill, assistant professor, Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, University of Alabama School of Dentistry, Alabama, U.S. For registration, contact V. Rangarajan, honorary branch secretary, IDA Madras Branch, 230, Avvai Shanmugham Salai, Chennai-14 or email: idamadras@gmail.com.

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