
04 Jan Dentists integral to ending HIV epidemic by 2030
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The Declaration for the 8th World Workshop on Oral Health (WW8) in HIV/AIDS has singled out the important role of oral health professionals in managing patients living with HIV.
More than half of these patients exhibit oral symptoms in the early stages of the disease, causing issues with chewing, swallowing and tasting food and so oral health professionals play a key role in not treating these symptoms but often in diagnosing HIV-positive people in the first place.
Read more at the Australian Dental Association website:
https://www.ada.org.au/News-Media/News-and-Release/Latest-News/HIV-oral-health