Oral manifestations associated with HIV infection are highly predictive markers of severe immunosupressive status and disease progression. In this report, the oral manifestations of 21 HIV-infected individuals, including 15 AIDS patients are described. Most of the patients (95.2%) had hemophilia. Only one (4.8%) was infected by heterosexual contact. The oral lesions were oral candidiasi (66.7%), herpes simplex virus lesions (28.6%), hairy leukoplakia (19.1%), and HIV-related periodontal disease (4.8%). The oral lesions were clinically similar to those reported in HIV infection in other countries. This study showed that all oral lesions associated with HIV infection increased in frequency when the CD 4+ lymphocyte count fell below 500 cells/mm3.
