Oral Health
Active Resources: 13
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(Recorded December 2020) This webinar reviews the categories of oral sexually transmitted infections (STIs), identifies oral manifestations of STIs, and discusses the difference of oral S
Type: Webinar RecordingsPublish Date: 6/15/2021 -
Recorded on June 26th, 2020
Type: Webinar RecordingsPublish Date: 6/9/2021 -
Recorded on June 24, 2020
Type: Webinar RecordingsPublish Date: 6/9/2021 -
To address the importance of oral health and reduce oral health disparities for people with HIV, HRSA HAB identified challenges, best practices, and strategies implemented by RWHAP recipients to in
Type: Clinical Reference ToolsPublish Date: 4/5/2021 -
This updated dental brochure provides guidance for oral health providers caring for people with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Type: Training MaterialsPublish Date: 2/9/2021 -
(recorded 10/24/20) This two-hour workshop provides an interprofessional update on HIV oral health issues and the role of medical, dental, and case managers and others in assuring access to sa
Type: Webinar RecordingsPublish Date: 12/31/2020Review Date: 5/18/2021 -
The slide set is for self-directed learning and downloadable for training purposes. The content addresses the following objectives:
Type: Training MaterialsPublish Date: 11/30/2020 -
This presentation is designed for oral health providers. It covers the following:
Type: Training MaterialsPublish Date: 10/15/2020 -
This is the third version of Oral health affects your whole body.
Type: Clinical Reference ToolsPublish Date: 9/25/2020Review Date: 6/14/2021 -
Slides from a presentation on oral healthcare challenges for patients and providers during COVID-19.
Type: Training MaterialsPublish Date: 6/1/2020 -
Recorded April 17, 2020, this session reviewed the following:
Type: Training MaterialsPublish Date: 4/30/2020 -
Summarizes current infection prevention recommendations published since the 2003 guideline.
Type: GuidelinesPublish Date: 4/28/2020 -
This guide is designed to assist health professionals in evaluating medical and dental considerations for treating people with HIV in the era of ART.
Type: Clinical Reference ToolsPublish Date: 3/12/2018
Archive Resources: 10
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Infographic outlines the purpose and methodology for integrating HIV care into interprofessional education (IPE), and identifies how the AETC Program is helping to facilitate this training through
Type: Clinical Reference ToolsPublish Date: 7/28/2016Review Date: 5/5/2021 -
This document provides key recommendations for implementing an HIV testing program in the oral health care setting.
Type: GuidelinesPublish Date: 10/15/2015Review Date: 5/8/2019 -
This toolkit was developed for use for members of the AETC Program and HIV health care professionals to serve as a resource guide on HIV and aging.
Type: Clinical Reference ToolsPublish Date: 4/29/2015 -
Upon watching this video viewers will :
Type: Online and Self-Paced LearningPublish Date: 4/1/2015 -
The HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) of HRSA has developed a series of clinical performance indicators for Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Type: Clinical Reference ToolsPublish Date: 7/31/2014Review Date: 2/12/2018 -
This resource has been reformatted from a poster to a trifold guide, making it accessible and small enough to fit in your pocket.
Type: Clinical Reference ToolsPublish Date: 6/30/2014Review Date: 5/8/2019 -
People with HIV experience a high incidence of common oral health problems (e.g., dental decay/cavities, gingivitis) as well as other oral health problems that are directly related to HIV infection
Type: Clinical Reference ToolsPublish Date: 2/28/2014 -
This training manual synthesizes lessons learned from the federally funded Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative (Oral Health Initiative), and
Type: Articles, Reports, and ManualsPublish Date: 12/2/2013 -
These Integrating HIV Innovative Practices (IHIP) training resources synthesize lessons learned from the federally funded Special Projects
Type: Clinical Reference ToolsPublish Date: 12/1/2013 -
This two-page fact sheet features the latest research-based information on Methamphetamine.
Type: Clinical Reference ToolsPublish Date: 1/8/2010
Articles: 16
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Short Bites: State of Oral Health Equity in America 2021 -- Research Report #1
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, many adults faced barriers to receiving oral health care, increasing their risk of infection and the need for emergency hospital visits. And now, as unmet dental needs worsen while the pandemic lingers and people suffer the loss of jobs and dental insurance,...
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Short Bites: Tongue and Mouth Issues in COVID-19 Patients
CHICAGO (Feb. 12, 2021) – The American Dental Association (ADA) has been tracking developments of tongue and mouth issues COVID-19 patients experience since early on in the pandemic. Oral health is an important and vital part of overall health, and the ADA is continuing to...
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Short Bites: Unmasked Patients-Conflicts, Accommodations, and Common Sense
Even before COVID-19 inexorably changed social and clinical protocols, dental offices dealt with patients who claimed to “know better” than their providers when it came to health risks. From unvaccinated patients to incomplete health histories, failure to cooperate results in ethical and legal...
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Short Bites: HIV Oral Health and COVID-19
The relationship between oral health and overall health has been well established for many comorbidities including diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
We are still learning about COVID-19 and how it affects people living with HIV. Based on limited data, people with HIV who are on...
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Short Bites: Study Shows Oropharyngeal Secretions as Alternative for COVID-19 Detection
As the global battle to understand and eliminate the coronavirus continues, a new study published in the Journal of Dental Research demonstrates that testing of oropharyngeal secretions (OS) may reduce the number of false-negative results from nasal swab testing of patients who have...
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Short Bites: CDC Guidance for Dental Settings Echoes ADA Guidance During COVID-19
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued updated interim infection prevention and control guidance for dental settings during the COVID-19 response on May 19, 2020, very similar to science-based guidance issued earlier in May by the American Dental Association (ADA).
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Short Bites: The Association between Oral Hygiene and Heart Disease
The emergence of chronic disease complications in controlled HIV disease has changed the landscape of HIV clinical care. HIV infection confers an increased cardiovascular disease risk which is thought to be due to a complex interplay of mechanistic factors. While traditional cardiovascular risk...
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Short Bites: The Association between Oral Disease and Type of Antiretroviral Therapy among Perinatally HIV-Infected Youth
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been very successful at preserving immune function and controlling opportunistic infections among individuals infected with HIV. Oral mucosal diseases associated with advanced immunosuppression, including candidiasis and hairy leukoplakia, are significantly...
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Short Bites: HIV in the Southeast United States
Southern states today account for an estimated 44 percent of all people with an HIV diagnosis in the U.S.,[1] despite having only about one-third (37%) of the overall U.S. population. Diagnosis rates for people in the South are higher than for Americans overall. Eight of the 10 states...
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Short Bites: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Update
HPV oral and oropharyngeal cancers are more difficult to detect than tobacco-related cancers because the symptoms are not always obvious to an individual, and health professionals may lack the education and background to diagnose HPV-related lesions. Although there are many adjunctive oral...
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Short Bites: What Is a Dental Emergency?
What is a dental emergency?I often get this question from non-dental personnel including case managers, physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners. The following is a short list of questions you can ask patients to guide dental referrals for...
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Short Bites: Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) on Oral Lesions
A recent study that was conducted among 1200 HIV patient of whom 600 each belonged to with ART and without ART and the occurrence of oral candidiasis and oral hairy leukoplakia. This study shows that oral candidiasis and leukoplakia was less among patients on ART as well as a decrease in the...
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Short Bites: Do I Pre-medicate Patients Based on a High Viral Load and Low CD4 Count?
The question I most commonly get asked by oral health providers is...
Do I pre-medicate patients based on a high viral load and low CD4 count?
There is no supporting data to support the need for routine antibiotic coverage pre or post dental treatment based on...
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Short Bites: Xerostomia in Patients with HIV
It is estimated that 1.1 million people in the United States are infected with HIV. Of those, 1 in 7 do not know they are infected.[1] The number of new HIV diagnoses fell 19% from 2005 to 2014.[1] Because HIV testing rates have remained stable or increased in recent years, this decrease in...
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Short Bites: Periodontal Health in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services currently recommends that every person with HIV begin antiretroviral therapy (ART) as soon as possible after diagnosis. Increased availability of testing and treatment along with the above guidelines have reduced the number of new HIV infections...
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Short Bites: One in Nine American Men are Infected with Oral HPV
According to a new study published in the Journal Annals of Internal Medicine, one in nine American men is infected with the oral form of the human papillomavirus (HPV). Nationwide, rates of oral HPV infection are 11.5% of men vs. 3.2% women. HPV 16, the most common type of high-risk HPV and...
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Jun 30HIV and Oral Health UpdateEvent type: Webinars