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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Oral Cancer among Dental Graduates—A Web-Based Survey

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The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice among new dental graduates across India. A web-based questionnaire was generated as a link through Google Drive which was sent to approximately 250 dental graduates using Whatsapp messenger. A total of 205 complete responses were received and analyzed. Frequency analysis was done using SPSS software version 21. Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) was identified as most common cancer by 48% of the subjects while the stage of oral cancer in which it is most often diagnosed was only responded correctly by 15.5% as advanced stage. Approximately one fourth (25.4%) of the participants performed dental examination to detect cancer routinely in all patients. Half of the study subjects were confident in detecting oral cancer, still majority (70.6%) of the subjects were interested in attending continuing education course on oral cancer in the future. This study revealed that the majority of the new dental clinicians were not having legitimate knowledge regarding oral cancer. Thus, this lacuna in knowledge and skills can be eliminated by conducting workshops and continuing education programs. This may subsequently aid to improve patient care.

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    Pratibha Taneja, C. M. Marya, Sonam Jain, Ruchi Nagpal & Sakshi Kataria

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Conceptualization: [Dr.CM Marya, Dr.Pratibha Taneja], methodology: [Dr.Pratibha Taneja, Dr.Sonam], data acquisition [Dr.Pratibha Taneja, Dr.Sonam Jain], formal analysis and investigation: [Dr.Ruchi Nagpal], writing—original draft preparation: [Dr.Pratibha Taneja, Dr.Sonam Jain]; writing—review and editing: [Dr.Ruchi Nagpal, Dr.Sakshi Kataria], supervision: [Dr.CM Marya, Dr.Ruchi Nagpal, Dr.Sakshi Kataria].

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Taneja, P., Marya, C.M., Jain, S. et al. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Oral Cancer among Dental Graduates—A Web-Based Survey. J Canc Educ 37, 1194–1200 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-020-01938-4

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