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Thus, the key objective of this research is to ascertain the extent of comprehension possessed by dentists and dental hygienists concerning periodontal implications and their management in HIV patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>It is a quantitative cross-sectional survey employing a descriptive approach focusing on a specific cohort of dental professionals. The study setting featured an online platform for the distribution of concealed, closed-ended, structured questionnaire. The data was gathered for four sections: six comprehension statements about periodontal manifestations in HIV patients; fifteen comprehension statements about HIV patients\u2019 periodontal management; eight familiarity statements about HIV management; and two educational statements about HIV. The comparisons of comprehension scores were drawn between variables such as specialties, age groups, and genders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The survey represented 468 dental professionals representing distinct dental specialties, with a mean age of 24.26\u2009\u00b1\u20097.53\u2009years. The mean comprehension score for all groups of participants is 10.31\u2009\u00b1\u20099.34 (33.25%). The highest scores were recorded among those aged 31\u201340 (20.67\u2009\u00b1\u20098.31), followed by those aged 40+ (19.38\u2009\u00b1\u20099.39), 20\u201330 (9.53\u2009\u00b1\u20098.96), and under 20 (8.92\u2009\u00b1\u20098.57), at <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001. The female participants (15.06\u2009\u00b1\u200912.2) exhibited substantially better scores in contrast to the male participants (8.74\u2009\u00b1\u20097.57). Periodontists (27.77\u2009\u00b1\u20093.08) comprehended most, then the oral medicine practitioners (25\u2009\u00b1\u20090). Dental hygiene students (5.52\u2009\u00b1\u20093.56) and hygienists (7.67\u2009\u00b1\u20099.72) comprehended the least. The scores for all four domains assessed were disappointingly low: knowledge about HIV-periodontal manifestations (2.81\u2009\u00b1\u20092.18), knowledge about management of periodontal diseases in HIV patients (3.73\u2009\u00b1\u20094.7), familiarity with periodontal care in HIV patients (2.87\u2009\u00b1\u20093.01), and education received about HIV and periodontal diseases (0.91\u2009\u00b1\u20090.66).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Dental professionals are notably incomprehensive, unfamiliar, and lacking in expertise in the realm of periodontal facets of HIV. The periodontists and oral medicine practitioners showed a substantial amount of comprehension, while the dental hygiene students and dental hygienists presented a conspicuously inadequate level of comprehension. The study outcome could potentially serve as an invaluable instrument for self-assessment by dental professionals and educators. HIV\/AIDS ought not to persist as an unspoken taboo or disregarded subject within the dental field, particularly in periodontics, but rather should receive prominence in dental schools and professional development programs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2024.1370112","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,4]],"date-time":"2024-04-04T04:27:07Z","timestamp":1712204827000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Dentists and dental hygienists\u2019 comprehension of HIV infection associated periodontal implications and management"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Muzammil Moin","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","volume-title":"In danger: UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022","year":"2022"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1300","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.mm6647e1","article-title":"Vital signs: human immunodeficiency virus testing and diagnosis delays \u2013 United States","volume":"66","author":"Dailey","year":"2017","journal-title":"DHEW"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"15035","DOI":"10.1038\/nrdp.2015.35","article-title":"HIV infection","volume":"1","author":"Deeks","year":"2015","journal-title":"Nat Rev Dis Primers"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"22","DOI":"10.1111\/odi.13469","article-title":"The global changing pattern of the oral manifestations of HIV","volume":"26","author":"Tappuni","year":"2020","journal-title":"Oral Dis"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"145","DOI":"10.1016\/0030-4220(92)90186-T","article-title":"Periodontal disease associated with HIV infection","volume":"73","author":"Winkler","year":"1992","journal-title":"Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"78","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0757.2012.00445.x","article-title":"Periodontal disease in HIV\/AIDS","volume":"60","author":"Mark","year":"2012","journal-title":"Periodontol"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"87","DOI":"10.1111\/odi.12419","article-title":"Impact of periodontal intervention on local inflammation, periodontitis and HIV outcomes","volume":"22","author":"Valentine","year":"2016","journal-title":"Oral Dis"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"451","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-020-08528-5","article-title":"Occupational exposure to HIV among healthcare workers in PMTCT sites in Port Harcourt, Nigeria","volume":"20","author":"Akpuh","year":"2020","journal-title":"BMC Public Health"},{"key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"131","DOI":"10.37201\/req\/083.2021","article-title":"Past and future of HIV infection. 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