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im in colorado thinking about moving to oklahoma soon and as far as i can tell from making calls they have no dental care programs for people living with hiv there. im very fortunate that i get my teeth cleaned every 3 months in colorado. medicade here provides this and my local hiv chapter covers what medicade want. i think its sad that oklahoma doesnt care for its hiv people like they should.
I have been HIV+ going into 25 years. I am 44, almost 45. I have had to have all my teeth pulled due to GERD(gastroentestinalrefluxdisease) It is no fun trying to eat healthy food such as salad with only 14 teeth left. Fortunately, I live in a large city with an AIDS Dental clinic that is goig to give me partials. I have lived through the 90s with AIDS and had almost evry deadly opportunistic infection. Now the bad gums and teeth is a small inconveinience compared to the 90's
Both HIV & the meds are hard on the teeth. Mine were breaking, splitting and cracking, so I had them all pulled at 50, three years after a quad bypass. I began noticing med in the final stages of AIDS having their teeth out and figured I would go through that while in relatively good health. After the adjustments, I have no regrets.
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Hi, how I can send PM?
September 16, 2008