EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ORAL CAVITY INJURIES AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN DENTAL PRACTICE

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592142214033

• Palavras-chave: Oral Cavity, Lesions, Mouth Cancer, Dentistry.

• Keywords: Oral Cavity, Lesions, Mouth Cancer, Dentistry.

• Abstract:

  Studies on the occurrence and distribution of cancer in Brazil, one of the main public health problems, can support managers, health professionals, researchers, students and society in general, through the appropriation of knowledge about reality. The objective of the present study was to know the incidence of oral cavity lesions most commonly found in public oral health services in the city of Criciúma, Santa Catarina, and by academics from a university, in the Dentistry course. This was a basic scientific research, qualitative, exploratory and field, and was developed through research in databases and virtual forms to be filled out online by Dental Surgeons and academics from the chosen institution. The questions addressed the sociodemographic profile, clinical management, knowledge about the clinical diagnosis, risk factors and conditions of the disease, and the opinion of the dentist and academic in relation to the patient's knowledge about oral cancer. The survey questionnaires were applied with the aim of encouraging a culture of diagnostic improvement in Dentistry. The questionnaire proved to be of paramount importance, exposing that the vast majority of academics and dental surgeons know how to perform complete exams, but still feel insecure to diagnose and deal with the situation, essential for the treatment of these injuries.

• Número de páginas: 8