Pri pacientih z AIDS-om se je pokazala pestra slika ustnih bolezni, med katerimi so najpogostejša kandidiaza, virusne infkeicje vključno z lasasto leukoplakijo, gingivitis in parodontalna bolezen ter Kaposijev sakrom. Seveda pa je včasih mogoče opaziti mnogo manj običajnih lezij.
An overall picture of oral disease in the whole spectrum of HIV infection and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has emerged, with a restricted series of fairly common oral lesions such as candidiasis, viral infections including hairy leukoplakia, gingival and periodontal disease and Kaposi's sarcoma However, a panoply of less common lesions can also be seen.