“…The oral lesions found in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can be fungal (Moutoc‐Okafor et al , 2000; Aarestrup et al , 2001), viral (Bader et al , 1978; Itin and Lautenschlager, 1997) and bacterial in origin (Pindborg, 1989; Reichart, 1997; Narani and Epstein, 2001). The most common lesions of the oral mucosa, associated with HIV, according to Greenspan and Greenspan (1996), are candidiasis, hairy leukoplakia, herpetic gingivo‐stomatitis, aphthous ulceration, necrotizing gingivitis, pigmented macules, Kaposi's sarcoma and periodontal diseases.…”