El VIH-SIDA es una enfermedad infectocontagiosa que compromete el sistema inmunologico con multiples manifestaciones, algunas de ellas en la boca. El proposito de este estudio fue realizar una revision de la literatura reciente sobre el tema y describir el estado de salud bucal de nueve ninos menores de diez anos con VIH-SIDA, albergados en la Fundacion EUDES de Medellin, identificando la historia de caries dental, el nivel de higiene oral, las lesiones de tejidos blandos y el tipo y frecuencia de medicamentos usados y su relacion con los hallazgos clinicos. La informacion se obtuvo mediante la revision de la historia clinica y el examen bucal. Fue evidente la deficiente higiene oral (evaluada mediante el indice de Sillness y Loe) y contradictoriamente un bajo indice de caries y enfermedad gingival. En los tejidos blandos se observaron lesiones tipo ulceras de origen idiopatico, lengua vellosa de color negro verdoso y atrofia de papilas. Prevalecen las pigmentaciones en mucosas y la gingivitis localizada. La mayoria de las lesiones encontradas parecen originadas por efectos secundarios de los medicamentos y no entidades asociadas a la condicion sistemica del paciente. ABSTRACT. HIV-AIDS is an infectious contagious disease which compromises the immune system with multiple manifestations, some of them in the oral cavity. The purpose of this article is to review recent literature and describe the oral health status of 9 children with HIV-AIDS under ten years of age, who are presently living at the EUDES Foundation in Medellin . The dental caries history, the level of oral hygiene, the soft tissue lesions as well as the type and frequency of medication used and its relationship to clinical findings was established. The information was obtained by means of an intra oral examination and the clinical history. A deficient oral hygiene (evaluated with the Sillness and Loe Index) was found and a very low index of dental caries and gingival disease. Ulcers of idiopathic origin were found in the soft tissues, as well a greenish hairy tongue with atrophy of papillae. Pigmentations in the mucosa and localized gingivitis were prevalent. The majority of the lesions found seem to be originated as secondary effects of the medications and not as lesions associated to the systemic condition of the patient.