Dental Health

Dental care is important. You may wonder about telling your dentist that you are HIV positive. Most dentists use “universal precautions” (take precautions like wearing rubber gloves with all their patients to protect against all diseases spread through bodily fluids). If your dentist does this, then both you and your dentist are safe, and you don’t need to say that you are HIV positive. But remember that dental care is very important, and you will get better care from a dentist who knows your health history.