Living with HIV and undergoing antiretroviral therapy (ART/HAART) vs Healthy HIV-negative controls
Dental development / dental age (mineralization chronology) · Children or adolescents
No significant overall difference in dental development between CLWH on ART and healthy controls (three studies, narrative synthesis).
1 finding from 1 review
- Oral Health Status of Children and Adolescents Living with HIV Undergoing Antiretroviral Therapy: A Systematic Review… 2022 All outcomesCross-sectional (case-control; single time point) · HIV pediatric/ART clinics, AIDS centers, and hospitals in Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, and West Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal)Three studies (Fernandes 2007, de Souza 2015, Holderbaum 2005) assessed dental age (Nolla/Willems methods); Fernandes and de Souza found no significant difference between groups; Holderbaum reported mixed sex-specific…3 studiesGRADE not reported