Periodontal disease in hiv patients
This paper aims to report the case of periodontitis in a HIV-positive and smoker patient. A case attended at the UNORP dentistry college in the clinic of the periodontia discipline between August and September of 2016 that became a research. Procedures were performed to reduce the inflammation caused by periodontal disease in order to lower the patient's CD4, ie decrease viral load. Due to the patient's lack of cooperation, the expected results were not achieved because she smoked and did not stop during the treatment.