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ArticleJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2019

Assessing Oral Cancer Awareness Among Dental Students.

Gaye Keser, Filiz Namdar Pekiner

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Article in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. HPV Knowledge and Attitudes Among Medical and Professional Students at a Nevada University: A Focus on Oropharyngeal Cancer and Mandating the Vaccine.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2020
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gaye KeserFaculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Maxillofacial Radiology, Marmara University, Başıbüyük Sağlık Yerleşkesi Başıbüyük Yolu 9/3 Maltepe, 34854, Istanbul, Turkey. gaye.sezgin@marmara.edu.tr.ORCID 0000-0001-7564-4757
Filiz Namdar PekinerFaculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Maxillofacial Radiology, Marmara University, Başıbüyük Sağlık Yerleşkesi Başıbüyük Yolu 9/3 Maltepe, 34854, Istanbul, Turkey.
Marmara University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess oral cancer awareness among undergraduate dental students in Marmara University Faculty of Dentistry. A validated questionnaire which tested oral cancer awareness was given to third- and fifth-year students of the dental faculty of Marmara University. A total of 198 students participated in this survey. Knowledge of oral cancer risk factors and diagnosis procedures, dentistry student's attitude towards oral cancers, management practice regarding oral cancer, and oral cancer information sources were assessed using 25 questions. The data were analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0 program. Among 198 participant dentistry students, there were 99 (50%) third-grade and 99 (50%) fifth-grade students. The largest number of the third- and last-grade students identified tobacco (98%) and alcohol usage (87.4%), prior oral cancer lesions (94.9%), viral infections (91.9%), UV exposure (94.4%), betel quid chewing (84.8%), older age (62.1%), and low consumption of fruit and vegetables (85.4%). Both groups showed higher scores in indicating squamous cell carcinoma as the most common form of oral cancer (p < 0.05); yet, third-grade students performed significantly higher scores in indicating erythroplakia and leukoplakia for most likely to be precancerous (p = 0.001; p < 0.05). This study highlighted the importance of improved educational methods for dentistry on oral cancer detection and prevention.

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Clinical CompetenceStudents, DentalAttitude of Health PersonnelFemaleHumansMaleMouth NeoplasmsRisk FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesTurkeyYoung AdultAwarenessDentistry studentsOral cancer

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PMID29446005
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