a large number of viral bacterial fungal and neoplastic lesions in the oral cavity are associated with HIV infection.
the clinical appearance of some of these lesion is similar to lesions presenting in other regions of the body while other lesions have a distinct appearance .
however several oral lesions have particular importance because of their strong as sociation with HIV infection or their relationship to prognosis oral hairy leukoplakia and the HIV ass0ciated periodontal disease.