{"id":5668,"date":"2012-01-16T16:50:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=5668"},"modified":"2012-01-16T16:50:37","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:50:37","slug":"should-i-disclose-my-hiv-status-to-my-dentist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/5668","title":{"rendered":"Should I disclose my HIV status to my dentist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generally, it is always better for healthcare professionals involved in your care to know your HIV status, and this includes dentists.<\/p>\n<p>It should be relatively easy for you to find a dentist happy to treat people living with HIV. The best way to find out is to anonymously phone dentists in your area and see their response.<\/p>\n<p>If however, this is not an option for you because of where you live, then the choice to disclose remains a personal one. Generally all dentists should use universal precautions, and I don&#8217;t think there is a legal obligation to disclose should this be your choice.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I need to register with a new dentist and have been to a few but the registration forms all ask regarding HIV status and I&#8217;m not comfortable with disclosing.<\/p>\n<p>Am I legally required to disclose if dentists all use universal precautions and should always protect themselves and other patients from infection etc. I&#8217;m undetectable and stable on treatment with a good cd4 count.<\/p>\n<p>Should I disclose so they can check for any specific infectionsrelated to HIV infection?<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks in advance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-disclosure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}