Open AccessWhat do dental college clinicians know about oral cancer and its risk factors? An assessment among final year students, interns and faculty members in saudi arabia
Author(s) -
Mohammed Jafer,
Rik Crutzen,
Alhassen Abdurabu Jafer,
Bart van den Borne
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of clinical and experimental dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.481
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 1989-5488
DOI - 10.4317/jced.55168
Subject(s) - medicine , demographics , family medicine , significant difference , test (biology) , descriptive statistics , oral health , cancer , demography , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , sociology , biology
The ability of health care professionals to perform oral cancer examination depends partly on their knowledge of the disease and its risk factors. This study aimed to assess and compare the knowledge of final year students, interns and faculty members regarding oral cancer and its risk factors.