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Rev Méd Electrón 2017; 39 (2)

Educative intervention on the program of oral cancer detection in general dentists

Valentín GF, Rodríguez GGM, Conde SHF, Vila MD

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 259-268
PDF size: 74.08 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: general dentists are the first line of the education for health and oral cancer prevention; so their level of knowledge and their perception of the risk the population are at of suffering oral cancer has great importance for oral cancer prevention in the primary health care.
Objectives: to assess the initial level of knowledge the studied general dentist had. To apply an educative intervention for improving the level of knowledge on oral cancer among the studied population of professionals. To assess the outcomes of the educative intervention applied to dentists who participated.
Materials and Methods: an experimental study of educative intervention and technological development on the Program of Oral Cancer Detection (PDCB en Spanish) was designed and carried out with the participation of 60 dentists working in the municipalities of Cardenas, Marti and the Popular Council Máximo Gómez during the period from September 2011 to June 2012, aimed to the increment of their perception of oral cancer risk.
Results: the level of knowledge was inadequate in 56,6 % of the dentists in items related with: Program of Oral Cancer Detection, oral cancer clinical characteristics, risk factors, protecting factors and alarming signs. After the application of the educative intervention, the level of knowledge improved up to 97,3 % of the dentists evaluated as satisfactory.
Conclusions: improving the level of knowledge the general dentists have on oral cancer and the forms of preventing it allows potentiating the aims proposed by the Program of Oral Cancer Detection.


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