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Along with this, HIV and the earlier drugs were damaging to teeth. Mine were cracking, splitting, and breaking. In 2003 I had them pulled and have dentures. Feel much better now. Oral health IS important to overall health.
Not surprising. Health and disease affects the entire organism, not individual slices of it. That there would be interplay and interrelations between different disorders would/should be expected, Darwin notwithstanding
I agree with the researchers, i have been suffering from the gum disease since i was diagonised with the HIV virus. Within one and a half years i was already put on ARVs and even with the ARVs things don't seem to work out very well, I have to dig deep into my pockets to buy supplementary drugs in order to boast my immunity. Please i will be the happiest person if the cure for this menace found.
I do not believe this to be a valid scientific study and I strongly suspect that this will be proven to be just the case in the near future. Bad science does not make for good information. We really need to focus on effective treatment, not this kind of darwinism approach to medical science.
i am living proof of this story and wish i could get some help getting treatment--i have gone through years of discomfort and embarrassment from this progression
Further support for mom's dictum "brush and floss after every meal." This is actually good news as it is one indicator that we can further help take care of ourselves with our friends' and dates' help.
Vinny DDS
happy to be a dentist in mass. where i treat hiv+ clients at no cost to them thru the Ryan White Dental Ombudsperson Program my HIV pts. are extremely healthy...dental health IS the key to overall health GET UR TEETH CLEANED
February 22, 2009 • westwood,ma