Item HIV- infected children Children with cancer No- disease children p-value Bad breath 0.37 0.81 0.11 P<0.001a Food stuck in/between teeth 0.57 0.97 0.37 p=0.004a Felt shy/embarrassed 0.17 0.35 0.06 p=0.005a Mouth sores 0.7 0.84 0.43 p=0.010a Difficulty chewing 0.56 0.48 0.25 p=0.012a Avoied smiling/laughing 0.27 0.19 0.08 p=0.017a Pain in teeth/mouth 1.23 0.87 0.71 p=0.023a Teased/called names 0.12 0.03 0.03 p=0.122 Argued with other children or your family 0.07 0.01 0.03 p=0.261 Slow chewing 0.34 0.42 0.24 p=0.322 Asked questions by other children 0.1 0.06 0.06 p=0.458 Concerned with what other think 0.15 0.23 0.13 p=0.479 Speech difficulty 0.09 0.16 0.06 p=0.525 Upset 0.4 0.32 0.27 p=0.562 Difficulty eating/drinking hot/cold foods 0.83 0.94 0.77 p=0.593 Felt irritable/frustated 0.33 0.23 0.06 p=0.671 a= The result is significant at the 0.05 level.

Table 4: Individual mean scores regarding the short-CPQ11-14 questionnaire (Kruskal-Wallis test).