دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی ارزیابی دانش سرطان دهان: متخصصین تازه کار در مقابل دانپزشکان مجرب - هینداوی 2018

The present study assessed the level of dentists’ knowledge regarding oral cancer in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. A questionnaire was used to compare the level of knowledge among newly graduated and senior clinicians. A total of 20,154 e-mails were correctly delivered to the dentists registered in the database of the Regional Dentistry Council of São Paulo, and 477 (2.36%) responses were received. 'is sample consisted of 84 newly graduated clinicians and 105 senior clinicians. For the statistical analysis, the chisquare test and the logistic regression analysis were performed with α � 0.05, and the results were described herein. According to their knowledge level, the results were statistically di:erent between the groups, since 19% of the newly graduated clinicians were evaluated with knowledge grade A (excellent) in comparison to 6.7% of the senior clinicians. In spite of the results indicated that newly graduated clinicians’ knowledge regarding oral cancer was 2.1 times higher, 34.5% of the professionals in this group had regular or poor knowledge on the subject, and several questions relating to clinical characteristics and risk factors indicated that there still exist some knowledge gaps, demonstrating that there is a need for further studies and information activities addressing oral cancer.

5. Conclusion

Within the limitations of the study due to the low percentage of responses, we can conclude that, among the studied population, the newly graduated clinicians had a 2.1 times 10 International Journal of Dentistry higher knowledge level in comparison to dentists who had more than 30 years of practice experience. However, when several factors regarding the knowledge of the risk factors and diagnostic procedures were individually assessed, the results indicated high rates of incorrect answers, demonstrating that there is room for further studies in the area and for oral cancer information activities. 'erefore, oral cancer aspects must be emphasized so that more people, clinicians, and patients become interested in the topic. 'is goal may be achieved through clariDcation campaigns, dental school’s program improvement, and the encouragement of professionals in attending continuing education courses for better qualiDcation. New studies must be performed to compare our results.