CURRENT LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE OF DENTISTRY STUDENTS ABOUT ORAL CANCER

Abstract:

Avoiding cancer risk factors such as smoking, being overweight, and not getting enough exercise may help prevent certain types of cancer. It is possible that increasing the protective factors, prevent this type of disease from proliferating. Some patients only go to the dentist when they suffer from a complication in the oral cavity. The students of this branch play a fundamental role in the treatment and timely detection of diseases in the oral cavity through their practical classes. It is up to the education system and its teachers to provide all its students with the necessary mechanisms so that they can help them and provide them with security and confidence. In times as convulsive as those we are experiencing today and with the appearance of Covid-19, face-to-face classes have been replaced by virtual ones, stealing the space for students to interact with patients, hence the importance of resuming classes practices that are the only ones that complete the preparation of future specialists and thus stop the increase in cases of oral cancer in the country's population.

Año de publicación:

2022

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