Resumen de Dental Examinations as an Untapped Opportunity to Provide HIV Testing for High-Risk Individuals.
Harold A. Pollack, Lisa R. Metsch, Stephen N. Abel
We used data from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey to examine the potential role of dental care in reaching untested individuals at self-reported risk for HIV. An estimated 3.6 million Americans report that they are at significant HIV risk yet have never been HIV tested. Three quarters of these people have seen a dentist within the past 2 years. Dental care offers opportunities to serve at-risk individuals who are otherwise unlikely to be tested or to receive preventive care services. (Am J Public Health. 2010;100:88-89. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.157230) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
