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Implications of AIDS for teachers of medicine to dental students
1Department of Dental Surgery, University College, Cork, Republic of Ireland.
Abstract:
A plea is made for a significant input on AIDS to the dental undergraduate curriculum by medical teachers. The suspicion is that in some schools the teaching of medicine to dental students is not treated seriously. Figures are quoted depicting the worldwide spread of AIDS. The risk of dentists acquiring HIV in the health care setting is discussed. Mention is made of infection control in the dental environment. The objectives are given of a medical curriculum for dental students. Some of the oral manifestations of AIDS are named. Symptoms and signs (which a dentist should be able to recognize) are given for pulmonary, neurological, gastrointestinal or neoplastic complications that may be found in HIV infection. The role of the dentist is stressed in continuing surveillance of patients with HIV infection.
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