Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Recent Diagnostic Aids for Oral Cancer among Dental Students

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Cancer ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Dental Practitioners towards Screening for Oral Pre-Cancer and Cancer

2021 ◽  
pp. 604-611
Author(s):  
J. Manju ◽  
Chandrasekaran Krithika
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Oral Cancer ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Blue Staining ◽  
Cancer Awareness ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Oral Cancer Screening ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

One of the global health issues is Oral cancer, which has an increased death rate. Awareness of oral cancer screening is important for oral health care professionals for early detection and improving the patients' survival rate. Attitude towards oral cancer awareness and knowledge of oral cancer screening are the key factors that impact oral cancer awareness success. Materials and Methods: To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of dental practitioners and dental students towards screening for oral pre-cancer and cancer. This study included dental practitioners working in various academic institutions and private practitioners in Chennai. Participants were asked to fill in age, gender, designation, and experience. A structured questionnaire consisting of 10 questions, each having four options, was administered to the participants. The data collected was 100 responses analyzed by statistical package for the social science (spss inc., version 16 for, Chicago, IL, USA). Simple descriptive statistics were used to describe the distribution of data collected. T-test and ANOVA were employed to assess the statistically significant difference in the KAP scores between different groups. Results: The response rate for the present study was 100%. 37% of general dental practitioners reported that they routinely do a thorough oral examination for all the patients,52% agree that they are adequately trained to examine patients for oral pre-cancer and cancer screening,8% of them reported that they never do toluidine blue staining for patients with oral lesion. Majority(57) of them agree that they would recommend biopsy for suspected cases of oral cancer. Only 9% of the participants were aware of the time required for intraoral screening examination. 31% of them were aware of the risk of malignant transformation in a white lesion. 73% of the participants were aware of the occurrence of oral cancer in non - tobacco users was rare. 53% of agree that thorough intraoral examination for oral cancer will reduce oral cancer mortality and morbidity.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Of Radiation Exposure Protection For Pediatric Patients Among Undergraduate Dental Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1143-1151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahmida binti Abd Rahman ◽  
Deepa Gurunathan ◽  
Madhu Sudhan Vasantharajan
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Exposure ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Dental Health Care ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Choice Pattern ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Radiography in dentistry is commonly used in modern dental health care. It acts as a diagnostic tool in identifying the physical condition of the patients. However the use of dental radiography should be carefully managed since it can cause some side effects toward normal cells and tissues especially in growing children. To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of undergraduate dental students on radiation exposure protection for pedodontic patients. A self-administered questionnaire consists of 13 questions with both ‘yes’,’no’ and multiple choice pattern was prepared to obtain information about knowledge, attitude and practice on radiation exposure protection for pedodontic patients.A total of 100 dental students were chosen as the participants. The questionnaires were assessed by manual survey. The use of dental radiograph has bee significantly enhanced over the years for better diagnosis and treatment planning .Tough the application of has been increased, there is an increased risk for unwanted exposure for both patient and operator also. In this current study, conducted among third year and final year dental students, we observed that the students are able to take proper radiograph with unnecessary retakes with years of study and practice. To conclude, it can be noted that the final year dental students were much more knowledgeable in using radiograph judicially compared to the other group of participants which belong to third year dental students. However, in terms of practise both third year and final year dental students irrespective of year of study do not follow radiation protection measures even though they were aware of it.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Senior Dental Students toward Management of Complications in Exodontia

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 794
Author(s):  
TSrinivasa Prasad ◽  
Govindarajan Sujatha ◽  
RShanmuga Priya ◽  
M Ramasamy
Keyword(s):  
Dental Students ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Management Of Complications ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice
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