Table 4 Number and percentage of undergraduate dental students and interns who claimed good practice and experience with oral cancer screening and referral at AAUP
Question | Survey results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male, n (%) | Female, n (%) | Overall, n (%) | |||||
Fourth | Fifth | Intern | Fourth | Fifth | Intern | ||
How often do you screen your patients for signs of oral cancer? | 33 (8.4) | 22 (5.6) | 7 (1.8) | 43 (11.0) | 38 (9.7) | 8 (2.0) | 151 (38.5) |
Do you discuss the risk factors of oral cancer with your patients? | 18 (4.6) | 14 (3.6) | 4 (1.0) | 32 (8.1) | 17 (4.3) | 3 (0.8) | 88 (22.4) |
Do you use diagnostic aids to help you detect suspicious oral mucosal lesions? | 45 (11.5) | 27 (6.9) | 6 (1.5) | 60 (15.3) | 61 (15.6) | 8 (2.0) | 207 (52.8) |
Have you ever detected a suspicious oral mucosal lesion? | 24 (6.1) | 21 (5.3) | 13 (3.3) | 32 (8.2) | 41 (10.5) | 11 (2.8) | 142 (36.2) |
Have you ever referred to a specialist for a suspicious oral mucosal lesion? | 28 (7.1) | 18 (4.6) | 16 (4.1) | 31 (7.9) | 33 (8.4) | 12 (3.1) | 138 (35.2) |
Have you been instructed on how to perform an incisal or punch biopsy of a suspicious lesion in the oral cavity? | 27 (6.9) | 17 (4.4) | 9 (2.3) | 35 (8.9) | 39 (9.9) | 7 (1.8) | 134 (34.2) |
Have you been instructed to use brush biopsy? | 35 (8.9) | 22 (5.6) | 6 (1.5) | 37 (9.5) | 36 (9.2) | 9 (2.3) | 145 (37.0) |
Have you been instructed to use VizaLite? | 20 (5.1) | 8 (2.0) | 1 (0.3) | 17 (4.3) | 14 (3.6) | 1 (0.3) | 61 (15.6) |
Have you been instructed to use Toluidine blue? | 28 (7.1) | 8 (2.0) | 3 (0.8) | 31 (7.9) | 22 (5.6) | 5 (1.3) | 97 (24.7) |
Thus far in your training, about how many oral lesion biopsies have you seen? | 2 (0.5) | 10 (2.6) | 7 (1.8) | 13 (3.3) | 13 (3.3) | 4 (1.0) | 49 (12.5) |
Do you give smoking cessation advice to patients who smoke? | 54 (13.8) | 43 (11.0) | 18 (4.6) | 85 (21.7) | 108 (27.5) | 15 (3.8) | 323 (82.4) |
Do you provide any educational material for patients regarding the risks of oral cancer? | 40 (10.2) | 30 (7.6) | 7 (1.8) | 59 (15.1) | 62 (15.8) | 7 (1.8) | 205 (52.3) |