PREDICTING DENTIST’S WILLINGNESS TO TREAT HIV INFECTED PATIENTS – A QUESTIONNAIRE BASED STUDY.
- I BDS, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha University, 162, P.H road, Chennai-77.
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha university, 162, P.H road, Chennai – 77.
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Evaluating the response of dental health care professionals (staff and students) in willingness to provide treatment to HIV/AIDS patients was the main objective.Dentists have an ethical responsibility to provide treatment to HIV-infected patients, particularly because oral lesions are common among them.Also, people with HIV infection require increasingly competent and compassionate health care, including oral health care. As access to oral health care is extremely important for those infected with HIV, oral findings can lead to early detection and management of HIV infection.According to this survey based study, 77% of the Dentists have opted to treat HIV patients willingly. This will improve the health of HIV infected patients both physically and mentally.
[T. Priadarsini and Kathiravan. (2016); PREDICTING DENTIST’S WILLINGNESS TO TREAT HIV INFECTED PATIENTS – A QUESTIONNAIRE BASED STUDY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Jun). 25-29] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
