Table 2 Number and percentage of undergraduate dental students and interns who correctly answered the knowledge questions
Question | Survey results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male, n (%) | Female, n (%) | Overall, n (%) | |||||
Fourth | Fifth | Intern | Fourth | Fifth | Intern | ||
What is the most common oral cancer? | 47 (12.0) | 47 (12.0) | 18 (4.6) | 74 (18.9) | 117 (29.8) | 18 (4.6) | 321 (81.9) |
Excluding the lip, which of the following are the two most common sites of oral cancer? | 26 (6.6) | 19 (4.9) | 9 (2.3) | 34 (8.7) | 57 (14.5) | 11 (2.8) | 156 (39.8) |
The most common age of the patients to develop oral cancer is: | 20 (5.1) | 21 (5.3) | 13 (3.3) | 41 (10.5) | 58 (14.8) | 10 (2.6) | 163 (41.6) |
The symptom most commonly experienced by a patient with an early oral cancer is: | 15 (3.8) | 26 (6.6) | 6 (1.5) | 38 (9.7) | 50 (12.8) | 11 (2.8) | 146 (37.2) |
Oral cancer lesions are most often diagnosed in which stage: | 35 (8.9) | 29 (7.4) | 9 (2.3) | 44 (11.2) | 59 (15.1) | 7 (1.8) | 183 (46.7) |
A lymph node most characteristic of oral cancer metastasis, when palpated, is: | 34 (8.7) | 27 (6.9) | 7 (1.8) | 62 (15.8) | 80 (20.4) | 15 (3.8) | 225 (57.4) |
Early oral cancer lesions usually appear as a: | 35 (8.9) | 36 (9.2) | 19 (4.9) | 69 (17.6) | 91 (23.2) | 17 (4.3) | 267 (68.1) |
Which area of the tongue is most likely to develop oral cancer? | 10 (2.5) | 25 (6.4) | 10 (2.6) | 15 (3.8) | 47 (12.0) | 9 (2.3) | 116 (29.6) |
When examining the tongue for oral cancer, the clinician should: | 17 (4.3) | 28 (7.1) | 12 (3.1) | 48 (12.3) | 80 (20.4) | 14 (3.6) | 199 (50.8) |
The mortality rate of oral cancer is greater among: | 33 (8.4) | 29 (7.4) | 17 (4.4) | 52 (13.3) | 80 (20.4) | 15 (3.8) | 226 (57.7) |