Journal:
:international journal of high risk behaviors and addiction
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shirin saravani oral and dental disease research center, department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, faculty of dentistry, zahedan university of medical sciences, zahedan, ir iran
tahereh nosrat zehi oral and dental disease research center, department of oral medicine, faculty of dentistry, zahedan university of medical sciences, zahedan, ir iran
hamideh kadeh oral and dental disease research center, department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, faculty of dentistry, zahedan university of medical sciences, zahedan, ir iran; oral and dental disease research center, department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, faculty of dentistry, zahedan university of medical sciences, zahedan, ir iran. tel: +98-543341400, fax: +98-5433414003
sarvar mir zabol university of medical sciences, zabol, ir iran
conclusions the dental health status of hiv-positive patients in this region was almost inappropriate. most social, behavioral, and medical factors had no influence on dental health; only a correlation between dental health, age, and duration of hiv involvement was observed. results the mean value of dmft index was 11.87 ± 8.08, where the mean values of decayed and missing teeth were 8.42 ± 5.4...