21 Years of Being Your Internet HIV/AIDS Oral Healthcare Resource

The World Workshop on Oral Health and Disease in AIDS have been held over the last 30 years and have proved to be invaluable in that they enable clinicians and scientists from more than 30 countries working in the field to provide excellent opportunity to meet experts, exchange ideas and information, strengthen and expand the academic collaboration on an interpersonal level.

Workshop  Programme

Nearly half of Americans living with diagnosed HIV are 50 and older. Most contracted HIV at a younger age and are living longer because they are engaged in HIV/AIDS care and benefiting from effective treatments. However, a significant proportion contracted HIV after age 50: in 2015, 17% of new HIV infections were among persons over 50.

On September 27, 2019, HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program will recognize National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. In 2017, 87% of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men receiving Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical care were virally suppressed. In 2008 the National Association of People with AIDS launched this observance day to recognize the disproportionate impact of the epidemic on gay men.

HIV Oral Disease is now available FREE APP for IOS, Android, and Windows phones. Materials include recognition and management of common oral diseases seen in PLWH. Also included are Key Facts important to providing dental care for PLWH.

This effort was the results of a combination resources from HIVdent and the Mountain Plains AIDS Education and Training Center.