Oral Cancer Knowledge Assessment: Newly Graduated versus Senior Dental Clinicians

Table 2

Distribution of the number and percentages of responses to specific questions about oral cancer knowledge according to responders’ seniority.

Variables	Categories	Dental clinicians		Total (%)
		Junior	Senior
Most common cancer	Squamous cell carcinoma	57 (67.9%)	68 (64.8%)	125 (66.1%)	0.655
	Other	27 (32.1%)	37 (35.2%)	64 (33.9%)
Most frequent anatomical region	Tongue	50 (59.5%)	53 (50.5%)	103 (54.5%)	0.215
	Other	34 (40.5%)	52 (49.5%)	86 (45.5%)
Most common aspect in initial cancer	Painless ulcer	72 (85.7%)	90 (85.7%)	162 (85.7%)	1.000
	Other	12 (14.3%)	15 (14.3%)	27 (14.3%)
Most common age group	More than 40 years old	75 (89.3%)	92 (87.6%)	167 (88.4%)	0.723
	Other	9 (10.7%)	13 (12.4%)	22 (11.6%)
Most characteristic regional lymph node metastasis	Hard, painless, with or without mobility	58 (69%)	73 (69.5%)	131 (69.3%)	0.944
	Other	26 (31%)	32 (30.5%)	58 (30.7%)
Diagnostic status in Brazil	Advanced	64 (76.2%)	87 (82.9%)	151 (79.9%)	0.256
	Other	20 (23.8%)	18 (17.1%)	38 (20.1%)
Most common condition associated with cancer	Leukoplakia	62 (73.8%)	79 (75.2%)	141 (74.6%)	0.823
	Other	22 (26.2%)	26 (24.8%)	48 (25.4%)
		84 (44.4%)	105 (55.6%)	189 (100%)

Note. values lower than 0.05 indicate statistically significant results; other = one of the incorrect answers.