Short-term success of osseointegrated dental implants in HIV-positive individuals: a prospective study.

Purpose: Except for the occasional case report, there are no studies evaluating the success rate of osseointegrated dental implants in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study investigated the short-term clinical outcome of implant placement in a group of HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals who required complete dentures.

Methods And Materials: Edentulous subjects were recruited from an HIV-dedicated clinic and a dental school clinic.

The effect of complete dentures with a metal palate on candida species growth in HIV-infected patients.

Purpose: This in vivo investigation compared the oral candidal population between heat-cured acrylic resin and nickel-chromium-beryllium alloy in maxillary complete dentures in HIV-infected patients.

Materials And Methods: Split-palate maxillary complete dentures were fabricated for 19 HIV-infected patients: one-half of the palate was made in acrylic resin and the other half in nickel-chromium-beryllium. Patients were divided into low or high CD4+ lymphocyte count groups.