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Survey of knowledge and attitude of clinical students of Yazd Dental School about oral cancer in the academic year 2020-2021
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Najmeh Jafari *    , Mohamad hassan Akhavan karbassi , Seyed Hossein Tabatabaei , Niloofar Ataeipoor |
| Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences , jafarynajmeh@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: (231 Views) |
Background and aim : Early diagnosis and referral of patients with oral cancer can help reduce mortality, and given that dentists are usually the first group to see oral lesions, it is therefore in an ideal position for early cancer screening..
The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitude of clinical students of Yazd Dental School about oral cancer in the academic year 1300-1499.
Materials and Methods: This study was performed on 160 students of 4th to 6th academic semester of Yazd dental school. The questionnaire included demographic information including age, sex, academic semester and average, and questions about knowledge and attitudes about oral cancer. Data were entered into SPSS23 and analyzed using ANOVA, T-TEST.
Results: The mean score of knowledge and attitude was 4.85 ± 2.88 out of 10 points and 39.53 ± 4.19 out of 50 points. Knowledge had a significant relationship with age but had no significant relationship with gender, academic year and average. attitude had no significant relationship with any of the variables.
Conclusion: Students' knowledge and attitude about oral cancer is insufficient and there is a greater need for education in this field, so a review of the curriculum and more practical experience to improve education and approaches to change attitudes should be considered
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| Keywords: Oral squamous cell carcinoma, knowledge, attitude, dental student |
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Type of Study: original article |
Subject:
oral patho
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