CA Dental Insurance, HIV and Your Dental and Oral Health Care.
It is very important to have regular oral health check up by your dentist for people that have HIV. This is because, compromised immune systems will generally have the first symptoms show up in their mouth. It a study done by Kevin C Heslin of UCLA in 2001, it was reported that 90% of people living with HIV have at least one dental manifestation of the disease. The study also stated that any HIV Health care entity that does not provide dental care as a part of their program is not meeting the needs of their patients. So the importance of good dental care in the management of HIV is very clear.