Necrotizing Periodontal Diseases in a Semirural District of South Africa

Table 4

The severity and extent of NG/NP in relation to the patients’ HIV serostatus.

		Severity		Extent (gingival tooth sites)		Not documented
No. of	HIV status	≤4 mm	>4 mm	< 5	≥5
patients	Positive	46	2	10	28	5
with	Negative	8	2	5	5	1
NG/NP	Unknown	26	4	5	25	0
Total		70	8	20	58	6