European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF POTENTIALLY MALIGNANT DISORDERS IN THE ORAL CAVITY IN STOMATOLOGY STUDENTS

Perea-González Gloria Patricia*, Cordero-Perea Hazel, Labastida-Andrade Judith, Flores-Ledesma Abigailt, González-Manrrique Rubi, Estrada Esquivel Blanca and Barbosa-Rodríguez Elizabeth

ABSTRACT

The increase in the incidence of oral cancer is a global health problem and will be more, so greater dissemination is necessary for the prevention and promotion of health and to emphasize stomatologists in the mouth. Head and neck cancer corresponds to 3% of cancer in general, the sixth most common type in the world. The objective is to identify the knowledge of dental students about the diagnosis of potentially malignant disorders in the oral cavity. It is a cross-sectional, observational, quantitative, prospective and prolective study, a questionnaire was applied a total of 146 Stomatology students. Regarding the institution in which they study, 83 (56.8%) study at the Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla and 63 (43.2%) at a private university. Randomly selected students enrolled in the fall/spring 2021/2022 period from different semesters who have taken courses on oral cancer. An Excel database was created to analyze, process and identify if there are deficiencies in the topic of etiology and diagnosis to be followed. Having as results that, of the total of 146 dentistry students, of which 89.7% indicate that they have not participated in the clinical detection of oral cancer, that the results of the evaluation of the students of private n public universities are similar, (61.4% and 61.8%). Regarding gender, type and location of most frequent cancer of Oral Cancer and potentially malignant disorders range from 31% to 49%, (regular to bad) so it is important to deal with these risk factors to make more accurate diagnoses. Considering the recommendations of the World Health Organization, which indicates that the social construction of health is born from the knowledge future graduates in stomatology have and by identifying in 2020 worldwide 476,125 people were diagnosed with oral and oropharyngeal CA, it is urgent to reinforce this knowledge.

Keywords: Oral cancer, Potentially malignant disorders.