Oral Health and Dental Management

Graduate dental students knowledge about tobacco cessation and oral cancer

24^th International Conference and Exhibition on Dentistry & Oral Health

April 17-19, 2017 Dubai, UAE

Celso M Bandeira; Adriana A A1; Thiago Felipe Silva Cruz; Celina FL Carta; Janete D Almeida

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Ciencia e Tecnologia, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
University of Braz Cubas
INPE �?? Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Introduction: During graduation dental students receiveinformation about oral health risk factors including tobacco and alcohol use. One of the most vital aspects in oral health is to be aware about the oral cancer and the importance of its early diagnosis, which has a direct impact on the outcome treatment and survival rates. Methods: The aim of this study was to evaluate the interest and knowledge of dental student�??s about tobacco use, tobacco use cessation and oral cancer. They were third year graduation students from UniversidadeEstadualPaulista (Unesp), Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia, São José dos Campos, Brazil. After 2 hours' class about the topics discussed in table 1 all the participants answered a semi-structured questionnaire evaluating their previous knowledge and following the presentation, including their interest in study more about the issue, class environment, technology used and expectations. Also were included questions about their opinion about the instructor�??s skills and their interaction with the group. The scores used in the questionnaires were 1 �?? 10 (1 �?? 2 = strongly disagree, 2 �?? 4 = disagree, 5 = uncertain, 6 �?? 7 = agree, 8 �?? 10 = strongly agree). Forstatistical analysis the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank testand Mann Whitney test were used. Results: 48 students answeredthe questionnaire. The Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank testshowed significant differences between the previous knowledgeabout the theme and after the presentation for each group(p<0.0001). The main score for the previous knowledge was 6.32points and after presentation was 8.37 points. The interest onstudying more about the subject after the lecture was the same inthe two groups (p=0.1362) as well as the interest to use theacquired skills to further professional daily activity (p=0.6897), byMann Whitney test. Main scores are showed on Graphics 1 and 2. Conclusion: The graduation�??s students showed interest on lectures participation and they had improved their knowledge following the presentation. Interests on keep studying and use the knowledge on daily activities increased significantly in both groups. Further interventions should be used to improve their participation on tobacco cessation intensive intervention and oral cancer early diagnosis. Key words: Tobacco use cessation, Oral cancer, Students, Dental

Biography :

CelsoBandeira graduated in medicine in 1993 and for more than twenty years he has been working with head and neck surgery. After being invited to contribute for the Head and Neck Genome Project (GENCAPO), he started his Master’s Degree, which was concluded in 2012. In 2014 he started his PhD study at UniversidadeEstadualPaulista (Unesp), Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. In that institution he has been a member of the Ethic Committee for the last three years and also working together with dentistry graduation students, where he had the opportunity to develop research projects in this area. The doctorate study gave him the opportunity to work with dentistry graduate students and improve the oral cancer prevention in Dentistry Setting. With extensive experience in head and neck surgery, he believes that such achievements have made him capable to investing in foreign activities as an academic professor in your institution where oral health should be considered as an important aspect of interaction and concern between both health areas such as Medicine and Dentistry.

Email: celso.bandeira@fosjc.unesp.br