Abstract

TONELLI, Stéphanie Quadros et al. Oral manifestations in pediatric HIV infected patients: a systematic literature review. RFO UPF [online]. 2013, vol.18, n.3, pp. 365-372. ISSN 1413-4012.

Introduction: when the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Aids) affects individuals aged from zero to 13 years, it is named pediatric Aids, and it may show some significant manifestations in the oral cavity. Objective: this study aimed to investigate, through a systematic literature review, the main oral manifestations in pediatric patients infected with HIV. Methods: searching DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), SciELO, and VHL (Virtual Health Library - Bireme) databases, eleven articles published between 2008 and 2013 were selected. Results: in the assessment performed by the Jadad scale, six out of nine analytical studies had a similar or higher score than three, and were considered of good methodological expression. The main oral manifestations present in pediatric patients infected with HIV found in the selected articles were: dental caries, candidiasis, angular cheilitis, linear gingival erythema, mucosal lesions, salivary gland diseases, Kaposi's sarcoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, fungal diseases, viral diseases, periodontal disease, enamel hypoplasia, and condyloma acuminata. Conclusion: the importance of dentists in multidisciplinary teams for the care of these children was evidenced by this study, and of the performance of further studies to report on oral conditions in HIV infected children.

Keywords : HIV; Pediatric dentistry; Pediatrics; Oral manifestations.